Northview Hockey Varsity Blog - Sylvania Ohio

The Wildcats traveled to Vancouver B.C to play in the Richmond Midget AAA Elite Holiday Tournament. 16 AAA teams from all over North America formed the 4 division brackets.

In the first game the cats took on the South Central Wolves for Alaska. 3 goals by Alden Hirschfeld, the career first by Tyler Cook and a goal from Cody Bourland provided the offense while Bobby McElheny played solid in the twine to pick up the win 5-3.

The next morning the cats would lose their first game of the tournament and the season to the Vancouver Renegades. Missed scoring opportunities especially early would be the cats demise as the battled back to tie the game before falling by 2 late goals and an empty netter. Craig Trego played better than the score would indicate as he faced numerous shots many quality chances.

That evening the Wildcats would face their greatest test of the season versus the Toronto Redwings. Northview would respond however with a very spirited effort that would extend to the lockeroom hallway between periods. 2 goals each by Hirschfeld and Tim Hurst would provide the offense while Bobby McElheny sparkled in nets for the thrilling 4-4 tie.

The following morning the cats would finish up pool play versus Fairbanks. Northview looked spent from the previous evening as they battle through 2 periods of play. Late in the 3rd with the scored tied at 4 Alden Hirschfeld would tip home a shot from Adam Thanasiu with 0.2 seconds left to lift the cats to an unbelievable 5-4 win. Craig Trego played very well in nets making several big saves as the cats tried to find their legs to earn the victory. Hirschfeld had 2 goals in the game as did Hurts while Bourland added a single marker. The win gave the Wildcats a 2-1-1 record after pool play earning them a 2nd place tie with the Renegades. Northview would lose the tiebreaker however because of the loss to Vancouver and move on to the Consolation bracket.

Friday Morning the Wildcats would open up consolation play versus The Alaskan Blue Devils. Hirschfeld would score early to give the cats a 1-0 lead before 2 goals by Alaska gave them the lead. Matt Cook and Hurst would sandwich a Blue Devil goal to tie it 3-3 after 2. Alaska would take the lead on a goal mid way through the third period. It was Matt Cook’s time to carry a tired and banged up wildcat team. He not only would score a beautiful goal with 2 minutes left in regulation, but he would also add the game winner in double overtime 3-on-3 play. McElheny again played well in net for the victory.

That afternoon after only 2 hours of rest the cats were asked to take on a very talented team from Okanagan B.C. The magic was gone and so were the legs as the cats gave all they had left before inevitably falling 7-0. Trego was the sacrificial lamb as the cats were out shot 55 to 9.

The tournament provided the cats a chance to see how good of a team they could be against some of the best competition in AAA travel hockey. Playing as spirited of hockey as any team in recent memory or even Northview history made all of the Northview family very proud. Congratulation players and coaches on providing us all with such a great hockey experience.

Northview improved to 12-0 with 4 wins in the Tam-o-Shanter International Tournament. The victories included a 10-2 victory over Amherst and then three straight shutouts 10-0, 6-0, and 5-0 over Perrysburgh, Hudson and St. Francis.

The First game would see the cats get a bunch of firsts. Greg Carlson would see his first Varsity action and Nic Saenz and Kyle Hymore would get their first goals as members of the Wildcats. Matt Revard and Mike Moyer would also join the cats for the weekend as a host of players lit the lamp. Tim Hurts’ 3 goals along with Cody Bourlands pair and single markers from Hirschfeld, Lavoy, and M. Cook would finish of Amherst. Bobby Mac picked up the win in goal.

In the second game Saturday morning the Cats would take on Perrysburg. Both teams looked asleep in warm-ups before Northview would wakeup for 7 first period goals. Hirschfeld provided the coffee with the first 4 goals of the game before Bourland’s 3, Zac Pizza, Thomas Montieth, and Tyler Puhl’s goals would finish off the Yellow Jackets.

All but assured of a spot in the final on Sunday afternoon the Cats would face Hudson on Saturday night. Bourland continued his torrid weekend with the first 2 goals of the game. Erik Lavoy, Thanasiu, Hirschfeld and M. Cook would all score in the 6-0 final. Craig Trego decided zero for Saturday would be the theme as he posted back-to-back shutouts for the cats. He has now run his record to 6-0 with an impressive 1.00 GAA and 3 shutouts.

Sunday afternoon the Wildcats would take on a very strong St. Francis team, who was fresh off an 8-1 drubbing of BG last weekend. The Cats looked impressive however as the played a disciplined game. An early power play goal by Tim Hurst gave the Cats a 1-0 lead after 1. Lavoys rocket early in the second period extended the lead to 2-0 before Hirschfelds breakaway goal gave Northview a 3-0 lead after 2. Bourland tipped home a shot from Lavoy on the power play and Thanasiu finished off the Knights with his rising wrist shot from just inside the blue line. Bobby McElheney played possibly his finest game in 2 years as he made numerous big saves for the shutout. Northview now has 6th shutouts on the year and 3 in a row.

Hello everyone. No game summary here. This is Jaan Kanellis. I have been working with Steve Elliott to get the new Northview hockey website up and running. Now that the core structure is basically set we need your help! Please send me any hockey images, content or ideas that you think we can add to the website. Email them to:

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In the future their will be a “Photos” section in the Multimedia area of the website and I want to start gathering images for that. Remember to also send descriptions for each image so I know who is in each picture and what the picture is referencing. Reference who the individual(s) in the picture, event, game and year of the picture.

Most importantly I would like to get the player profiles up and live for this years coaches and players. Please send those photos as soon as possible so this part of the website can be completed.

Also feel free to send any ideas you have about the website to info@northviewhockey.com as well.

Thanks for all your help. Go Cats!

Jaan Kanellis