North Ayrshire Predators after winning the Brian Findlay Tournament
The Brian Findlay tournament was won by our very own Predators. A fantastic climax to their season and a great achievement for our club as we continue to grow together!!!
I am sure you will all join us in congratulating the guys !!!!!!!
Fresh from an exciting and eventful weekend of hockey down south, NAIHC would like to congratulate our youngest superstars on being great ambassadors for the sport in Scotland.
The weekend saw some great performances from both teams involved, the Sabres(u10′s) and the Ducks (Development/U8s). Both teams performed to a great level and recorded some great results against some of the best junior teams in the UK.
The Sabres narrowly missed out on securing a place in their group final, but the Ducks in their first competitive competition reached the final. Here they faced off, in an all Scottish final, against an incredibly strong Dundee development side but were unfortunately pipped to the top spot.
An incredible achievement considering some of the players have only been skating for 6 months!!!!!
I am sure you will all congratulate the Ducks and Sabres for their achievements and the way they represented our club in such a admirable way.
We are sorry to have to report the passing away of Kyle Young, a member of Murrayfield Junior Ice Hockey Club.
I am sure you will join us in sending your thoughts and prayers to his family.
Following the disappointment of defeat in the Scottish Cup Final, North Ayrshire Penguins returned to home ice at Auchenharvie on Saturday for a double header of matches.
First up, the U12′s took on “International” opposition when they faced off against the Junior Belfast Giants who had made their way across the Irish Sea for a Challenge Match.
The game started slowly, with the visitors packing their defence and frustrating Penguins who applied constant pressure. However, at 6.59 Jordan Buesa opened the scoring, the first of an incredible goals tally he would go on to amass over both games. Callum McGill struck at 16.03 to double the advantage however Belfast took advantage of a power play at 18.02, Taylor Beresford netting to make it 2-1. McGill promptly restored the two goal cushion just before the end of the period to see Penguins lead 3-1 at the break.
THERE WILL BE NO TRAINING THIS MONDAY, 7TH MAY, DUE TO THE PUBLIC HOLIDAY.
Training will resume as normal on the Wednesday night.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and enjoy your night off!
Its that time of year again……..
If you have a main prize trophy from last years awards ceremony, could you please hand it in to your age group manager/coach at the next training session you attend, preferably before the 16th May.
Many thanks,
NAIHC Committee
Looks like we have another fixture to look forward to, as our SNL supremos win thier Spring Cup Tie with Kirkcaldy Kestrels by 8-5. Well done boys!!
Match Report to follow.
Scottish Junior Cup Finals
Fife Ice Arena
Saturday 21st April 2012
Penguins (U12′s) lost the final to Kirkcaldy 8-5 in a fiercely contested showdown
Predators (U16′s) lost 5-3 to Dundee in the semi’s
Well done to all players, coaches and managers.
Match reports to follow
North Ayrshire Penguins travelled to Solway Sharks for a U12 League match on Sunday and did the double over their South West rivals with an excellent 10-7 win. Penguins were caught cold when Lewis Chalmers and Aidan Nicol put the home side 2-0 ahead with only a couple of minutes on the clock but, roared on by a healthy travelling support, the visitors came storming back and by 10.59 man of the match Ivan Bjorkly had netted a quick-fire hat trick give his side a 3-2 lead.
Further goals at 11.29 from captain Jordan Buesa and 14.57 from Lewis Young opened up a 5-2 advantage, however Solway simply refused to lie down and strikes from Chalmers and Liam Stenton saw a terrific first period come to an end with the visitors holding a very slender 5-4 lead.
The second period continued at the same furious pace and at 21.08 Penguins moved 6-4 ahead with a long-range Darren Easton effort however, just five seconds later, Nicol scored his second of the game to pull Solway back to one goal down.
It was end-to-end stuff and, as both sides created chances galore, netminders Rebekkah Scott for Sharks and Brandon Rooney were forced to make some excellent saves.
It looked ominous for Penguins when they drew a two minute penalty, giving Sharks a power-play, but at 24.37 Bueasa netted a short-handed goal to put them 7-5 up and the three-goal lead was restored on 27 minutes when Calum McGill netted after a terrific passing move.
A dogged Solway side reduced the deficit to 8-6, Lewis Houston scrambling the puck home despite Penguins’ protests that Rooney had been impeded, but the Stevenston outfit raced straight up the ice from the face off and Bjorkly scored his fourth of the game to give his side a 9-6 lead.
Bjorkly then celebrated his call up to the Scotland U11 team by netting his fifth and Penguins’ tenth to put the game beyond reach on 35.39 and although Houston pulled one back for Sharks at 39.03 the two points were heading for Ayrshire
Penguins scorers and assists. I. Bjorkly (5+2); J. Buesa (2+2); D. Easton (1+2); C. McGill (1+1); L. Young (1+0); M. Miller (0+1).
MoM. Ivan Bjorkly.