Petawawa Peewee Nightmares

The Petawawa Nightmares Peewee HL team were perfect this past weekend as they went 6-0 to come out on top of the field of 9 teams and win the 2019 North Bay Trappers Challenge Cup from November 29^th through December 1^st.
The Nightmares put on a defensive clinic throughout the round robin as goaltender Beckham Johnson earned 4 shutout with wins. In their first game the Nightmares blanked the Leitrim Hawks 3-0, with a pair of goals from Lawson Hicks, a single from Scotty Simiana and an assist each from Eric Denault and Edouard Bergeron. Later that day the North Channel Lightning fell 5-0 to the Nightmares as Edouard Bergeron scored a pair of goals with a trio of assists. The other Nightmares goals were scored by Joel Fowler and Tristan Cote.
Saturday saw the Nightmares continue their dominant defensive performance as they shutout the Rayside Wildcats 2-0. Tristan Cote and Edouard Bergeron each recorded a goal and an assist, while Warren Behnke and Eric Denault earned a helper each. The Nightmares closed out the round robin with a 4-0 victory over, district rivals, the Arnprior Packers. Goals were scored by Tristan Cote, Piper Wall, Scotty Simiana, and Lawson Hicks.

Having finished 1^st in the Round Robin, the Nightmares faced the 4^th place Leitrim Hawks once again. While unable to keep the shutout streak alive, the Nightmares did come away with a 2-1 victory to move on to the Finals, where they would face the tournaments other undefeated team, Futures Landscaping (Sudbury). The game went back and forth as the Nightmares gave up the first goal of the game, to trail for the first time all tournament. Kaden Thompson answered with a goal late in the first period to tie the game a one. The second period saw the Nightmares jump out to a two-goal lead with tallies from Joel Fowler and Scotty Simiana, however the lead would not last as Futures Landscaping would come back to tie the game with less than two minutes in regulation and force overtime. It took the Nightmares a minute and 48 seconds to end it in overtime as Tristan Cote found himself with the puck in front of the opposing net with room to shoot. And he did just that, beating the goaltender on his glove side to seal the victory for the Petawawa Nightmares.