Honeybaked midget minor traveled to the north side of Chicago the weekend of Nov. 4-6 to compete in the competitive Bauer International Invitational tournament.
The first game featured Honeybaked facing off against the NPI Leafs from Iowa. Honeybaked jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead. Teams exchanged second-period goals before Honeybaked finished with a tournament opening 3-1 victory. Later Friday, Honeybaked faced the Alliance Bulldogs from Texas. After jumping out to a 2-0 first period lead once again, HB coasted to a 5-2 victory.
Saturday morning, HB competed against the Valley Forge Minutemen. Honeybaked got goals from six different players on their way to a 7-0 victory. Saturday afternoon, HB played the final game of the round robin against Rothesy Netherwood in a game that would decide who moved on to the playoff round. Honeybaked played strong defensively and was opportunistic offensively in a 4-0 victory.
Sunday featured the playoff round to decide the tournament champion. Honeybaked played Chicago Young Americans in the quarterfinal and squeaked by with a 1-0 victory. Game 2 of the day was the semifinal against the Long Island Royals. This game featured a little bit of everything. After three scoreless regulation periods and two scoreless overtime periods, the contest was decided by a shootout, which resulted in a 1-0 victory for Honeybaked . The championship game featured Honeybaked and a strong New Jersey Avalanche. Honeybaked came out skating and was fortunate to get two early goals to set the tone of the game. The game was back and forth the rest of the way before HB captured the championship with a 4-1 victory over a tough opponent.
Congratulations to all the boys on the Honeybaked midget minor team for a job well done.
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