Novice B, 2012-2013, Rep (Lambeth Minor Hockey)

The OMHA Novice B Finals.  The games were hard fought.  They were exciting.  They had national anthems, pipe bands, packed arenas, goal horns and an old man music duo who couldn't get plugged in.  Did I mention great hockey and heart-wrenching comebacks?  They also had a deserving winner in Ingersoll and a valiant runner up in our Lancers, who stayed in every game and played their guts out.  Speaking of guts out, the coaches, management, parents and fans should also be proud of all their efforts and energy.

I think dear readership it was the late, great Robert Frost who stated;  I came upon a fork in the road and took the path less taken, I heartily love back bacon.  I have no idea of the meaning of the second part of that stanza (having failed grade twelve English, only to rebound with a journalism degree from no less than the University of Middle Tennessee State at Akron), but the first means take adversity head on and punch it in the groin.  That is just the story of the Lambeth Novice Boys at this recent weekend's Motown Cup.  You may beat this team once Livonia, but in doing so you awoke a ...

Lambeth Novice B Boys team won the Motown Cup tournament championship Sunday, Feb. 17th in Detroit.

Shamrock has come to an end.  Silverstick is far away, floating in a distant memory.  Our last game against Ilderton is a complex ball of mystery, shrouded in a blanket of disbelief, wrapped in a blanket of forgetfullness (alright we lost 3-1, but it was a character builder).  So let us, dear readership talk of positive things to come, gather ye yonder around the hearth and I'll spin you a yarn about a 7-0 victory over St. Thomas.  Or just give you the stats.........

For all you stat hounds out there, wondering how the Novice B boys have been doing - well here we go.  December was bookended with games against arch-rival and second place Strathroy and started with a win.  It was a hard fought game between two of Shamrock's steadiest teams and ended with Lambeth winning 4-2.