Congratulations to Team Metro West on winning Gold in the High School Hockey Tournament! #MSGOM pic.twitter.com/3nrvzGnENL
— State Games of MI (@StateGamesofMI) June 28, 2015
By @MichaelCaples –
Team Metro West emerged from a hockey-filled weekend in Grand Rapids with the bragging rights.
The squad, comprised of players from Walled Lake, Novi, Hartland, Livonia, Farmington, Lakeland and Salem, defeated Team Metro South 2-1 in the State Games of Michigan high school division title game yesterday.
The Metro West squad defeated Team South 5-3 on Thursday, Team North 5-2 on Friday and Team Metro North 3-2 on Saturday in the preliminary round. Later in the day on Saturday, they beat Team West 4-2 in the semifinals.
Team West beat Team North 8-7 in overtime to capture the bronze medal.
Click here for a list of winners in the youth divisions.
Congrats to Team Metro West on their State Games crown:
Team Metro West
- Joe Pace
- Ryan Fonda
- Zach Sexton
- Kyle Mazur
- Nate Sudek
- Kevin Stefanick
- Jason Petras
- Brendan Whitney
- Zach Finzel
- Trevor Lassaline
- Blake Heier
- Joe Alcantara
- Joey Lajcaj
- Matt Kovach
- Evan Newel
- Chase Wallis
- Brody Dorner
- Nolan Cioch
- Christian Spangler (goalie)
- Hunter Firestone (goalie)
Head coach: Rick Gadwa
Assistant coach: John McCullough
Assistant coach: Ian McCullough
Assistant coach: Dennis Gagnon
Assistant coach: Gordie Brown