Fort William Hurricanes Hockey Club

Not only are the Fort William Hurricanes turning 75 this hockey season another historic event is also taking place. The old Fort William Gardens will also be celebrating a birthday this year as the grand old building turns 60.
 This icon has not only hosted very memorable hockey games, but through it's long history has seen many a concert, entertainers, circus performers, memorial events, visits by special dignataries and the list goes on and on.
 But the event that almost everyone in our fair city can relate to is the grand old game of hockey. And sixty years ago the first hockey played there was between arch rivals Fort William Hurricanes and the Fort William Canadiens Junior A Clubs.
 In keeping with tradition the two clubs will once again lock horns as they will meet again on February 5th, with the Midget "A" Herks playing the Midget "A" Habs in the first game, while the Midget AA Clubs will faceoff in the later contest as this heated rivalry continues. The Bantam A's will open this commemorative event earlier in the day with an opponent to be named later. Times will be posted as soon as they become available.
 After these three great hockey games there will be a MEET & GREET held at the DaVinci Centre, with Beef on A Bun being served along with a cash bar. There will be door prizes, a minimal price of $10.00 will get you into this event, come out and see old and new Herks and share some great stories.

The Fort William Hurricanes were defeated by Shattuck St.Mary's by a score of 5-2, in the Herks first action on the ice. Shattuck was lead by a two goal performance from Alexander Falconer to lead his team to another victory, as the team from Fairbault Minnesota also played the Fort William Canadiens and handed the Habs a 4-1 loss Friday evening.
 The Canes would open the scoring as Amos Sharun netted his first of the season banging in a rebound and the Herks found themselves up 1-0. Falconer would then tie the game sevn minutes later at 1-1 with his first of two, scoring on the power play. Ryan Krzystofczyk would give the lead back to the Hurricanes by scoring on the power play. Mitchell Zemanek was solid between the pipes for the Herks as he faced 15 St.Mary's shots and was only beaten the one time.
 The Hurricanes would protect a 2-1 lead for most of the second frame but with just 0:51 seconds left Joachim Weberg would tie the game at 2-2 as he would stuff in a rebound past Colin Carr, who replaced Zemanek half way through period two.
 After the break it was Shattuck that took advantage of a slightly tired Hurricanes team as they would score two third period goals in just three minutes. Falconer would net his second of the contest at the twelve minute mark giving Shattuck their first lead of the game and then at the 9:06 mark, Jonathon Ellis would make it 4-2 for the visitors on the power play. The Canes would give up another power play goal with 37 seconds left in the game as William Brodeur would make the final 5-2. Carr was also solid in net for the Canes as had seen 21 shots allowing four goals, two were deflections off Herk defensemen.
 The Herks were outplayed in some portions of the game as they were outshot 41-16 and gave up three power play goals, but in general had a decent opening game to start the 2011-2012 hockey season.
 Shattuck has two more games to play in this four game exibition series as they faceoff later tonight against the Volunteer Pool Bearcats, and Sunday morning they will be tested by the Westend Bruins.
 The Hurricanes will open the Thunder Bay Minor Hockey Season on Wednesday October 5th, 7:30 pm. at the Delaney Arena, versus the Westend Bruins.

GAME SUMMARY

 1st; HERKS; Sharun 1 ( Parrott, Hickey ) 15:38. Shattuck: Falconer (Martenet, Gentzler) PP. 7:04. HERKS; Krzystofczyk 1 ( Stadey, Turner ) PP. 2:08. peanalties; Herks; Stadey, int. 15:12. Frisby, int. 12:22.Sharun, double minor,head check.9:48. Shattuck; W.Brodeur, boarding, 5:57. Kimball, slash, 3:32.
 2nd; Shattuck; Weberg ( Dineen, Garg ) 0:51. penalties; Herks; Stone, boarding, 14:55.
Krzystofczyk, holding, 0:04. Shattuck; Martenet, hooking, 11:39. Gentzler, boarding, 9:32.
 3rd; Shattuck; Falconer ( Bender, Gentzler ) 12:06. Ellis ( Watson, Dineen ) PP. 9:14. W. Brodeur ( Ellis, Martenet ) PP. 0:37. penalties; Herks; Sharun, double minor, head check, 3:54. Shattuck; Martenet, int. 7:06. Breza, trip, 5:55.
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                                                            SHOTS ON GOAL
                         1st        2nd        3rd        Final
HERKS              7           4            5            16
Shattuck          15         11          15           41   
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The Fort William Hurricanes were victimized by turnovers and special team play and had a hard fought 4-4 draw with the Westend Bruins in Midget AA opening day action.Louie Wapoose was the scoring star as he netted a natural hat trick for the Bruins. The opening period was  fast paced as both clubs skated hard and fast, the goaltending was steady and solid, although the herks were out shot 9-5. Conor Carr played well and the score was 0-0 after one. Wapoose would net his first of three with just a minute in the second period, goalie Carr went out to play the puck had a slight bobble and Wapoose scored shorthanded, 1-0. The canes would tie it at 1-1 at the 5:13 mark as Jacob McRury scored his first of the year, a minute later Wapoose would score another shorty as a defensive error would cost the Herks. Kevin Kurm would tie the game at 2-2 with his first and it looked like both teams would go into the break tied, but with just 0:22 seconds left Wapoose would complete his hat trick performance with a power play goal, giving Westend at 3-2 lead after two, both teams managed 10 shots each. Matthew Hamlin would score  on the power play with a wrap around goal half way through the final frame and once again the contest was tied at 3-3. The Bruins would regain the lead once again as they would score their own power play marker as Alexander Miklas's point shot beat a screened Carr, with three minutes left the Hurricanes would score to tie again as Kyle Stone's point shot eluded Westend netminder Brian Watts, this was the Herks first power play goal. The Bruins managed a 15 shot barrage at Carr who would make three game saving stops to preserve the point for the Hurricanes. Both teams looked a little tenative at times, but the special teams were the flavour of the day, with both teams combining for two short handed markers and three power play goals. The Herks were dealt a severe blow as second year player Kenny Turner left in the third period with a lower body injury, status is unknown. Next up for the Hurricanes will be arch rivals, the Fort William Canadiens. In other Midget AA play the Volunteer Pool Bearcats out scored the Current River Comets 6-3, while the defending champions, Canadiens scored a 5-1 victory over the Bantam AAA's.

                                                      SCORING SUMMARY
 1st; no scoring; penalties; Bruins; Hrychuk, xcheck, 13:30. Ferguson, double minor,head check, 0:02.
 2nd; Bruins; Wapoose (unassisted) sh.14:13. HERKS; McRury 1 ( Frisby ) 5:13. Bruins; Wapoose (unassisted) sh.4:22. HERKS; Kurm 1 ( Turner, Crupi ) 2:02. Bruins; Wapoose ( Miklas, Silvaggio ) pp. 0:22. penalties; Herks; Sharun, boarding, 8:31.Turner, hook, 6:58. Parrott, double minor, head check, 1:22.
 3rd; HERKS; Hamlin 2 ( Parrott, Stadey ) pp. 8:46. Bruins; Miklas ( Keski-Pukkila ) pp. 4:20. HERKS; Stone 1 ( McRury, Hamlin ) 3:03. penalties; Herks; Parrott, unsportsmanlike
  5:07. Hickey; double minor, head check, 4:29. Bruins; Uliana, double minor, head check, 13:57. Pert, head check, 10:43. Keski-Pukkila, unsportsmanlike, 6:21. Wapoose, hook, 3:51. Pert, double minor, head check, 1:09.
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                                                SHOTS ON GOAL
                 1st        2nd        3rd        Total
HERKS     5            10          9            24
Bruins       9            10         13          32
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One of the oldest running fueds in Thunder Bay Minor Hockey resumed as the two clubs from the former city of Fort William battled once again. Meeting for the first time this season saw the Fort William Hurricanes upend the Fort William Canadiens by a score of 7-3.
 The Canadiens would open the scoring two minutes into the game as Ryan Gleeson found the net behind a screened Mitchell Zemenak, but one minute later Matthew Hamlin would score his 2nd of the year picking up a rebound beating Habs goalie Jordan MacDougall for a 1-1 tie, once again with just over a minute gone the Canadiens would regain the lead at 2-1 as Kyle Migliazza took a drop pass from the centre, walked in and beat Zemenak, 50 seconds later the Canes would tie the contest once again at 2-2 with Tommy Stadey scoring his first of the young season. With 2:20 left in the opening frame Drew Lagarrie gave the Candiens a 3-2 lead. The Herks would outshoot the Habs 15-12 that period.
 Hayden Hickey with his first of ther year would then tie the game up once again at the 4:25 mark of the 2nd period, and that was followed by Andrew Crupi's first of the year giving the Hurricanes the lead at 4-3, Jake McRury would give the Canes a two goal lead with his second of the year, the Herks had a two goal at 5-3 in which they scored three times in a minute and twelve seconds. They also out shot the Habs by a 14-10 count.
 The Hurricanes would put the game away at the 10:00 minute mark as Lawrence Olynick would score his first of the season on a perfect deflection scoring on the power play increasing the Herk lead to 6-3, a minute later Stadey would score his second of the night as he would also tally on the power play making 7-3 Herks. After a shaky period and a half the Herks started to skate and score on thier chances and Zemenak would shut the door not letting anything get past him after the first period. The Canes need to bear down on their defensive end coverage as they seem to get themselves in trouble in their own as they go into a little bit of a panic mode.
 Stadey lead the Hurricanes with the two goals as well as one assist, McRury had a goal and two assists, Hamlin chipped in with a goal and two helpers, Olynick had a one goal one assist game, Kevin Kurm and Johnny Parrott both had a pair of assists. Habs Migliazza would score one and assist on one.
 The win came at a cost, with another injury as Hayden Hickey was body checked heavily at centre ice left the game in the second period with an upper body injury and did not return, also leaving the contest was Kyle Stone as he was ejected for a hit from behind.
 Next up for the Hurricanes will be Monday evening as they will faceoff against the Volunteer Pool Bearcats. Other scores in Midget AA play saw the Current River Comets edge the Volunteer Pool Bearcats 3-1, while the Westend Bruins lost to the Bantam AAA Kings.
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                                                   SCORING SUMMARY
1st; Habs; Gleeson ( Wolframe, Migliazza ) 13:10. HERKS; Hamlin 2 ( Stadey, Parrott ) 11:59. Habbs; Migliazza ( Wintoniak, Wolframe ) 10:06. HERKS; Stadey 1 ( McRury, Hamlin ) 9:56. Habs; Legarrie ( Bouchard, Adduno ) 2:20. penalties; Herks, Miault, trip, 4:29. Habs; Romano, head check, double minor, 1:38.
 2nd' HERKS; Hickey 1 ( Olynick, Sharun ) 4:25. Crupi 1 ( Kurm, Krzystofczyk ) 3:59. McRury 2 ( Miault, Frisby ) 3:13. penalties; Herks; Hickey, slash, 7:09. Parrott, int. 2:20. Habs; Wolframe, double minor, butt end, 7:09. Legarrie, five minute major, head check. game misconduct, 2:41.
 2rd; HERKS; Olynick 1 ( Kurm, Parrott ) pp. 10:00. Stadey 2 ( McRury, Hamlin ) pp. 8:57. penalties; Herks; Stone, check from behind, and a game misconduct, 3:35. Crupi, knee, 0:25. Habs; Roberts, rough, 10:15. bench,10:15. Romano, double minor, head check, 9:42.
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                                          SHOTS ON GOAL
                          1ST        2ND       3RD       Final
HERKS              15          14          13            42
Habs                12          10           7             29
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The Fort William Hurricanes Midget AA's saw their modest two game unbeaten streak come to a halt, as the Volunteer Pool Bearcats scored twice in the final frame breaking a three all tie and went on to defeat the Herks 5-3. The Cats had two, two goal performances as Derek McPhail and Alex Vaillant fired a pair.
 McPhail would open the scoring five minutes into the game with his first of two, four mintues later Kevin Kurm notched his second of the season tying the game at 1-1 on the power play, the Canes would take a 2-1 lead at the 3:27 mark as Lawrence Olynick scored his second as he took a perfect pass from Samuel Frisby and beat goaltender Eric Ouellet. The Bearcats would take advantage of the Hurricanes late in period one, with two Herks in the box they would apply pressure but Conor Carr was solid between the pipes and stoned the VP shooters, with one coming out of the box and racing to get into the defensive zone, Vaillant would rifle one past Carr with 0:15 seconds left and the game was tied at 2-2. Carr faced 11 Bearcat shots while the Hurricanes could only muster up four shots.
 The second period saw both clubs exchange goals, Chris Geravelis would make it 3-2 for Volunteer Pool early, Jacob McRury would then tie the game up once again at 3-3, the period came to end with VP holding the edge in shots with 10, Canes nine. Herk Captain Andrew Crupi went down with an upper body injury half way through the period and did not return.
 Vaillant would score his second of the game 42 seconds into the final frame giving the Bearcats the lead at 4-3. The Hurricanes had plenty of chances to tie the game throughout period three but the non-exstient power play was their down fall as they could not score on five power play chances, with one being a long 5 on 3 where they managed just one shot. McPhail would put the contest away with just over a minute left in the game to make the final 5-3.
 The Canes were in the game for most of the time and skated with the Bearcats for almost three periods even being short staffed for the game, to complicate matters with the loss of Crupi, the Herks were without injured forward Kenny Turner, two defensemen were also missing in action as Kyle Stone was serving his one game suspension from last game and Myles Miceli was working. Goaltending was key as Carr would do his part in keeping the score close. Again power play and defensive work need to be improved. The Bearcats took 32 minutes in penalties and the Canes would only manage one power play marker late in period one.
 Next the Hurricanes will faceoff against the AAA Bantam Kings on Wednesday. 
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                                          SCORING SUMMARY
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 1st; Bearcats; McPhail ( Korchak ) 10:46. HERKS; Kurm 2 ( Crupi, Hickey ) pp. 5:59. HERKS; Olynick 2 ( Frisby, Kurm ) 3:27. Bearcats; A.Vaillant ( Elvish, Macgillvray )pp. 0:15. penalties; Herks; Hickey, trip, 2:20. Kurm, hook, 0:48. Bearcats; Dygun, head check, 6:20.
 2nd; Bearcats; Geravelis ( Talakoski, Nadon ) 14:20. HERKS; McRury 3 ( Kurm, Hamlin ) 12:05. penalties; Herks; Olynick, hold, 9:40. Hamlin; slash, 6:06. DeGagne, Int. 11:31. McPhail, boarding, 9:02. Geravelis, rough, 6:06. DeGagne, check from behind, 5 minutes & game misconduct. McPhail, head check, 4:29.
 3rd; Bearcats; A.Vaillant (unassisted) 14:17. McPhail ( Korchack, Ziegler ) 1:23. penalties; Bearcats; Elvish, double minor, head check, 13:43. Prete, xcheck, 13:07. Korchack, double minor, head check, 7:13.
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                                             SHOTS ON GOAL
                       1st        2nd       3rd        Final
HERKS            4           9          10             23 
Bearcats        11         1 0        14            36
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The Fort William Hurricanes Midget AA Club for the 2011-2012 season has been selected. This year's squad sees a great mixture of veterans and some great rookie talent. Up front has speed, size and skill that should turn into goals, the backend is also well balanced, with three solid veteran defence, to go along with three rookie Bantam AA's, rounding out the back end the Canes will have a third year Midget and a Bantam AA in net. 
      The Herks are happy to have three returning forwards from last year's team, this will be their second stint with the Club. Andrew Crupi, Kevin Kurm and Kenny Turner are back, Amos Sharun played with the Midget A Herks last year, Matthew Hamlin comes to the club from the Westend Bruins AA's, Hayden Hickey skated with the Elks Midget A team, while Jacob McRury comes from a "AA" team from Wawa, Thomas Stadey was with the Thunder Bay Beavers Midget A's, while Lawrence Olynick played with the Beavers Bantam AA's. The Hurricane's defence has one returning Herk, as Ryan Krzystofczyk will anchor the blueline with two other Midget AA, D-Men. Samuel Frisby from Current River Comets and Myles Miceli who was with the Volunteer Pool Bearcats. Two rookie Bantam AA's and a Bantam King will be patroling the Canes blueline, coming from the AAA Bantams is John Parrott, Robbie Miault played Bantam AA with  Southend and coming over from the Neebing Hawks Bantam AA's is Kyle Stone. Third year Midget Mitchell Zemanek and rookie Conor Carr will tend goal for the Hurricanes.
  At this time the Fort William Hurricanes Hockey Club would like to welcome all players and parents old and new to the organization and hope you all have a great and enjoyable hockey season. We would also like to thank players from last years club who have either graduated to junior or the juvenile ranks this list includes, Anthony Russo, Levitt Kirkwood, Kyle Lauro, Mitchell Steadwell, Eric Bayko. Team Captain Eric Burton was selected to the Major Midget AAA Team, a three year Herk Brian Gilbert and Brodie Caul have left the Herk defense. We were also sorry to see leave three defencemen and hope they have a super season with their new Clubs. Cody Ziegler is a Bearcat, Devon Wintoneak will skate with the Canadiens and Michael Soramaki is now a Comet, good luck to all.

Hayden Hickey scored twice and added a pair of assists to lead the Fort William Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the Bantam AAA Kings in Midget AA play.
  After a scoreless opening period where the Herks out shot the Kings 10-4.
 Hickey would score his second of the new season and first of two at the 12:55 mark in the second frame tipping in a Lawrence Olynick shot for a 1-0 Cane lead, but that was short lived as the Kings battled back two minutes later as Geoff Kitt would tie the contest up at 1-1, ripping a shot over Hurricane's starter Mitchell Zemanek's right shoulder. The Herks would score three unanswered goals in a span of a little over three minutes. Kevin Kurm's third of the season, 9:59, would regain the lead for the Herks at 2-1, Lawrence Olynick's power play goal and also his third of the year gave the Midgets a two goal lead 3-1 at the 6:56 mark, fifty two seconds later Matthew Hamlin would score the goal of the game as he dangled and skated through the Bantams, and scored his third of the year going top shelf for a 4-1 lead after two. The Canes also held the edge in shots by a 14-9 margin.
 After the break, the Hurricanes seemed to come out in the final stanza a little flat and it looked like the younger Kings got their second wind and took the play to the Herks. If not for the goaltending of Zemanek the Bantams could have made the game closer than it was. Zemanek made some key stops on the power play as the Canes would take four third period penalties. As the Hurricanes regained their form and time winding down Hickey would get his second of the contest and third of the season, scoring on a nifty backhand extending the lead to 5-1 with six minutes left in the game. Daniel McKitrick would score a late power play goal making the final 5-2 Herks. The Canes were outshot 14-6.
 The Herks showed what they can do when they skate, cycle, hit and play a strong defensive game, except for a minor set back in period three it was a well played game.
 Offensive stars for the Hurricanes, Hickey with the four points, Olynick a goal and two assists as did Kurm net one and assist twice, Ryan Krzystofczyk chipped in with two helpers. Zemanek faced 14 Kings shots and only let one past him and that was a power play marker, the Hurricanes defense was a combined +7 for the game.
 Next up will be Tuesday as the Herks will play the Westend Bruins at 9:00 pm.
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                                               SCORING SUMMARY
 1st; no scoring. penalties; Herks; Hamlin, hook, 3:22. Kings; Kitt, hook, 8:25.
 2nd; HERKS; Hickey 2 ( Sharun, Olynick ) 12:55. Kings; Kitt ( Belisle, Fanti ) 10:36. HERKS; Kurm 3 ( Hickey, Olynick ) 9:59. Olynick 3 ( Krzystofczyk, Hickey ) pp. 6:56. Hamlin 3 ( Kurm, Miceli ) 6:04. penalties; Kings; Hamlin, slash, 8:52.
 3rd; HERKS; Hickey 3 ( Kurm, Krzystofczyk ) 6:09. Kings; McKitrick ( Stewart, Caruso ) pp. 4:17. penalties; Herks; Stone, int. 11:25. Golden, trip, 4:40. Krzystofczyk, boarding, 0:18. Hamlin, USC, 0:18. Kings; Caruso, int. 8:21.
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                                                       SHOTS ON GOAL
                        1st        2nd        3rd        Final
HERKS           10         14            6           30
Kings               4           9           14          27
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The Westend Bruins scored four unanswered second period goals and went on to defeat the Fort William Hurricanes 6-2 in Midget AA action. Salvatore Pelaia did the Canes in by scoring a hat trick, while Mikko Keski - Pukkila registered three assists.
 Pelaia would open the scoring just thirty seconds in as he would convert a perfect two on one with Keski-Pukkila going blocker side on Herk goalie Conor Carr. Three minutes later the Bruins would go up 2-0 as Jordan Pacifico beat Carr, also blocker side. The Hurricanes would respond twenty four seconds later with Jacob McRury netting his fourth of the year making it 2-1 Westend. The Canes were starting to pick up the pace in the latter stages of the opening period after a sluggish start, then came the break.
 It seemed like the Hurricanes left everything in the dressing room and they had nothing to show in the middle frame. The Bruins came out of the break on fire scoring thirty seconds in on a wrap around by Pelaia his second of the game, his third came off the stick of goaltender Carr two minutes later and the score was now 4-1 Bruins leading. The Herks were left standing still as they stopped skating, checking and hitting, and left Carr looking like a target in a shooting gallery. Westend would score a shorthanded goal at the 3:42 mark as Austin Ferguson's goal would chase Carr from the net and Westend would have a 5-1. Mitchell Zemenek would replace Carr in goal and would face seven Bruins shots before he would surrender a goal as Dominic Silvaggio made it 6-1. Carr was a bit shacky but did face 18 shots a lot of them on the difficult side. Total shots that period were 25 to 3 in favour of Westend.
 Carr returned to the net in the period number three and again faced a great number of Bruins shots but was up to the task and stopped all 14 shots.
 Hayden Hickey would score his fourth of the season on the power play making it 6-2 but that would be it for a very listless Hurricane hockey team which could only muster seven shots. Again if the Herks want to be sucessful in this league they must play a complete game every night, the division is so tight one win could put you in first place, while a loss could drop you out of a playoff spot.
 It does not get any easier for the Hurricanes as they will face a tough Current River Comets team next game.
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                                            SCORING SUMMARY

1st; Bruins; Pelaia ( Keski-Pukkila, Andrusco ) 14:28. Pacifico ( Hrychuk, Ferguson ) 11:39 HERKS; McRury  4 ( Sharun, Cameron ) 11:15. penalties; Herks; Sharun, hold, 5:35. Bruins; Keski-Pukkila, slash, 8:57.
 2nd; Bruins; Pelaia ( Keski-Pukkila ) 14:34. Pelaia ( Keski-Pukkila ) 12:03. Ferguson ( unassisted ) sh. 3:42. Silvaggio ( Pacifico, Hrychuk ) 1:02. penalties; Herks; McRury, slash, 7:50. Bruins; Pelaia, slash, 5:04.
 3rd; HERKS; Hickey 4 ( Olynick, Kurm ) pp. 8:30. penalties; Herks; Kurm, unsports, 11:38. Kurm, double minor, head check, 5:21. Bruins; Sado, unsportsmanlike, 11:38. Sado, slash, 9:08.
                                                    SHOTS ON GOAL
                          1st        2nd        3rd         Final
HERKS               9            3            7             19
Bruins               11          25          14            50
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The Volunteer Pool Bearcats scored five unanswered goals enroute to a 8-2 thrashing of the Fort William Hurricanes, sending the Herks to last place in the Midget AA standings.
 The Cats took five minutes in the opening frame to start the goal scoring as Jesse Talakoski started the onslaught as his short handed shot found it's way past a screened Herk netminder Mitchell Zemanek, a minute later Sheldon Elvish would score his first of three and VP had an early 2-0 lead, Elvish would tally three minutes later and then complete his natural hat trick one minute after that. This would close out the opening frame seeing the Bearcats holding a commanding 4-0 lead, the canes would only muster a total of three shots, while the opposition had 14.
 Period two saw another Bearcat collect a natural hat trick, as Nick Vaillant would net two of his three. Vaillant would net number one two and a half minutes in extending the VP lead to 5-0, Kevin Kurm's fourth of the season would make it 5-1 two minutes later, but with just a little under five minutes left in the period, Vaillant would score again restoring the five goal lead to 6-1. The Hurricanes would put ten shots on a under worked VP goalie Eric Ouellet, Zemanek would face 13 shots.
 The Herks Kenny Turner would score a power play goal two minutes into the final stanza but Vaillant would score his hat trick goal 16 seconds later and Derek McPhail would score with two minutes left in the game making the final 8-2 Bearcats,
 The Hurricanes were schooled on how to play the game by a hard working Bearcats team that never let up, out skated and won every puck battle for a complete game victory. VP 's captain Robbie Degagne lead the team with six assists while Vaillant had a five point game with three goals and two helpers.
 The Canes were a slow confused hockey team, a two week layoff between games did not help but still was no excuse for the performance. The Herks are a skating team that can compete with any club in the Midget AA Division but they must bring their A game every night to stay in a very competive league.
 The cancelled game with the Current River Comets will be rescheduled at a later date. The Herks will play two games this week (hopefully) starting with the Fort William Canadiens on Wednesday and then Thursday with the Current River Comets.
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                                              GAME SUMMARY
1st; Bearcats; Talakoski ( Degagne ) sh.10:48. Elvish ( Degagne, Vaillant ) 9:20. Elvish ( Degagne, Ziegler ) 6:30. Elvish ( Vaillant, Degagne ) 5:31. penalties; Herks; Stadey, x check, 5:11. Kurm, int. 1:01. Bearcats; Dygun, boarding, 12:19. Ziegler, trip, 4:10. Ziegler, high stick, 1:58.
 2nd; Bearcats;  Vaillant  (unassisted) 12:44. HERKS; Kurm 4 ( Frisby, Hickey ) 10:46. Bearcats; Vaillant ( Degagne ) 4:55. penalties; Herks, Frisby, double minor, head check 9:43.
 3rd; HERKS; Turner 2 ( Olynick, Parrott ) pp. 12:55. Bearcats; Vaillant ( Degagne ) 12:39. McPhail ( unassisted ) 2:01. penalties; Bearcats; MacGillivray, double minor, head check., 15:00.
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                                     SHOTS ON GOAL
                        1ST        2ND        3RD        FINAL
HERKS              3           10           11              24
Bearcats          14           13          15              42
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The Fort William Hurricanes find themselves in the basement of the Midget AA standings, as their losing streak hits four. The last two losses came at the hands of arch rival Fort William Canadiens a 6-0 drubbing and the was followed by a 5-3 loss to the Current River Comets.
 The Herks were out of the Habs game early as an eight minute head check penalty cost the game as the Canadiens would score three times on the power play in a span of a minute and a half. Mitchell Dacey would score his first of two at 6:54, Keanu Adduono, thirty seconds later and Hank Bouchard would make it 3-0 as he would net his first of two goals on the night. Conor Carr would face 11 shots in the Hurricanes net, while the Canes had a mere five shots.
 Period two would see the Canadiens score twice more with Dacey's second of the game, Eric St.Jean made it 5-0. The Habs would outshoot the Herks 12-10. Bouchard's second of the game would make the final 6-0.
 In the Current River contest the Hurricanes would battle back from a 2-0 deficit and tie the game and then tie it up once again late in period one at 3-3. But a late second period goal and a early third period goal would sink the Herks again.
 Current River would open the scoring with Andrew Vis beating Mitchell Zemanek two and a half minutes into the contest and then Cody Anton would make it 2-0. The Canes would cut the lead in half with Andrew Crupi scoring making it 2-1, Amos Sharun would tie the game 2-2 but then Adam Vass would beat a screened Zemanek and the Comets had the lead once again. Kevin Kurm would make things even once again as he found net with just 0:48 seconds left in the openiong frame.
 What was a back and forth game would turn in favor of the Current River team as  Caleb White would score with just a little over two minutes left in the second frame.
 Brett Bodnar would seal the fate of the Hurricanes as he would score at the 3:45 mark of the final period making the score 5-3 and the Herks would suffer their fourth loss in a row. The team will finally have a full lineup as all the injured have returned, hopefully this will jump start the club.
 The Herks showed signs of improvement after the  Bearcat 8-2 drubbing but once again selfish penalties and the lack of team play cost the team in both of the recent losses. Next up will be tough task as the Canes will faceoff againsnt the AAA Bantam Kings.

The Fort William Hurricanes played a solid game against the AAA Bantam Kings but saw their losing streak reach five consecutive defeats, after dropping to 2-6-1 in the overall Midget AA standings, remaining in last spot. It was a tough 3-1 loss.
 The Kings would open the scoring four minutes into the opening frame as Kristopher Hamlin would convert the perfect two on one break and slid one past Herk starter Conor Carr. It was a slow defensive period with both clubs a little tentative as the shots would indicate, seven for the Canes and nine King shots.
 The middle period saw the Bantams pick it up and test Carr, who stood his ground and made a couple of key saves and kept it a one goal game, after two
 Carr would now be the show as he was on his game stopping and frustrating the King shooters time after time again keeping the contest close. But with six minutes left in the game, the Canes defense got caught pinching and Hamlin would score his second of the game beating Carr, giving the Kings a 2-0 lead, two minutes later their lead would increase to 3-0 as the Herks left Zach Grzelewski all alone in the slot he rifled a shot past Carr. The Hurricanes finally mustered a little offence and with 0:30 seconds left Kevin Kurm would finally get one by Brandon Bodnar, the Herks had pulled Carr for the extra attacker but time was now the factor. Carr was the reason the score stood at 3-1 as he would face a barrage of shots in the  third and was outstanding, the Herks were out shot by a margin of 36-28.
 The last two games have seen improvements in the Herks game but it still seems that they are having trouble putting a complete game together.
 Next up for the Herks will be the Canadiens on Monday followed by the Bearcats on Wednesday.
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                                                 SCORING SUMMARY
1st; Kings; Hamlin ( Kitt, Thrower ) 10:43. penalties; Kings; Stewart, int. 14:12. Hamlin, unsportsmanlike, 8:15.
 2nd; no scoring. penalties; Herks; Miceli, head check, 6:48. Kings; McKay, head check, 3:28.
 3rd; Kings; Hamlin ( Kitt, Grzelewski ) 6:39. Grzelewski ( Adamo, Minoletti ) 4:51. HERKS; Kurm 5 ( Hamlin, Stone ) 0:30. penalties; Herks; Crupi, rough, 0:53. Kings; Hamlin, slash, 4:21. McKitrick, hook, 3:01. Newhouse, boarding, 0:53.
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                                          SHOTS ON GOAL
                   1st        2nd        3rd        Final
HERKS        7           6           13           26
Kings           9         11           18           38
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The Fort William Hurricanes have now seen their losing streak reach six straight losses as they were dumped 5-2 by arch rival Fort William Canadiens, the Habs would score twice in the first period and add three more in period number two.
 The Herks would fall behind once again halfway through the opening frame as the Canadiens would score twice nine seconds apart as Ryan Gleeson beat Cane's starter Conor Carr at the 7:10 mark, that was followed by Brett Bishop's goal at 7:01. Andrew Crupi would cut the Habs lead in half as he finished off a Kevin Kurm pass netting his third of the year and it was 2-1 with 1:14 left in the period.
 Mitchel Dacey would score his first of two one minute into the middle frame making it 3-1, just under a minute later Cole Desjardin made it 4-1 Canadiens. Johnny Parrott would net his first of the year on the power play after skating end to end and it was now 4-2, but with just 1:26 left Dacey would close out the scoring with his second of the game making it 5-2.
 There was no scoring in the final period. The Herks did manage to outshoot the Habs by a 32-27 count. 
 Once again the Herks must play a perfect game to put a win on the board. Each time they make a mistake it ends up in the back of their net. They continue to fall behind every game, have not played with a lead the entire streak.
 Next game will be Wednesday evening as the Herks will take on the Bearcats.
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                                                GAME SUMMARY
 1st; Canadiens; Gleeson (unassist) 7:10. Bishop (unassist) 7:01. HERKS; Crupi 3 ( Kurm, Turner ) 1:14.
 2nd; Canadiens; Dacey ( Wintoneak, Bishop ) 14:02. Desjardin ( St.Jean, Wintoneak ) 13:20. HERKS; Parrott 1 ( Sharun, Olynick ) pp. 2:06. Canadiens; Dacey ( St.Jean, Desjardin ) 1:26. penalties; Herks; Hamlin, slash,4:52. Habs; Romano, int. 10:53. Bishop, int. 5:09. Wintoneak, slash, 2:44. Wolframe, xcheck, 0:00.
 3rd; no scoring. penalties; Herks; Sharun, int. 14:30. Habs; Romano, head check, 12:39.
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                                                        SHOTS ON GOAL
                   1st      2nd      3rd      Final
HERKS      12       12          8          32
Habs           7        10        10        27
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The Fort William Hurricanes ended a dreadful six game losing streak by winning a hard fought 4-3 victory over the Volunteer Pool Bearcats.
Kevin Kurm would end the game with seconds left in  period three.
 Once again the Canes would fall behind as Alex Vaillant's backhand would elude Herk starter Conor Carr and the Bearcats would take a 1-0 lead. It took Matthew Hamlin two trys but managed to tie the game 1-1 with his fourth of the season, but three minutes later Matt Saloman would regain the lead for VP at 2-1, with two minutes left. Carr was outstanding between the pipes for the Canes as he would stymie the Bearcat shooters time and time again, many of the 15 saves he made were of the difficult variety.
 There was no scoring in the middle frame, which would  belong to the goaltenders as both Carr and Chandler Laing were impressive, the Hurricanes would fire 12 shots at Laing while Carr would face 13.
 In the final period four goals would be scored.  Kevin Kurm's seventh goal of the season would tie the game at 2-2 on a Herk power play twenty seconds into the period. Again the Bearcats would take the lead shortly after as Rob Degagne made it 3-2 a minute later. With time running out on the game and city clocks, the Canes would pull Carr for the extra attacker and it paid off as Andrew Crupi's fourth of the year would tie the game up at 3-3. It looked like both teams would settle for a point each, but the Bearcats won the centre ice faceoff and dumped the puck into the Herks zone and pressed, Kenny Turner would then pick up a loose puck deep in the defensive end and fed Kurm breaking down the left side, his speed carried him past the VP defense and then fired the game winner short side past Laing with just seconds left in the game. Herks win 4-3.
 As the losing streak continued for the Canes you could see improvement in the last three games, and it finally came together with this win. Kurm would finish the game with two goals and one helper, Kenny Turner netted himself three assists, while Crupi picked up one assist to go along with his goal. Carr would play his best game of the season stopping 36 of the 39 shots. The Hurricanes were dealt another serious injury as goaltender Mitchell Zenanek will be lost to the Club for about a month with an upper body injury. The game was hard fought and penalty filled as both teams earned themselves twenty four minutes, the Canes would also loose a coach with a game ejection. Next game will be  Wednesday as they will take on the Current River Comets.
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                                             SCORING SUMMARY
 1st; Bearcats; A.Vaillant ( C.Macgilivery, Ziegler ) 11:37. HERKS; Hamlin 4 ( Hickey, McRury ) 5:02. Bearcats; Saloman ( Degagne, N.Vaillant ) 2:02. penalties; Herks; Olynick, boarding, 8:26. Bearcats; A.Vaillant, hook, 4:48. Elvish, boarding, 0:42.
  2nd; no scoring. penalties; Herks; Stone, trip, 9:30. Olynick, slash,3:27. Stone, knee, 2:23. Bearcats; Korchak, hold, 6:28. A.Vaillant, trip,5:22. McPhail, slash, 1:11. Elvish, unsportsmanlike, 1:11.
  3rd; HERKS:  Kurm 7 ( Turner, Parrott ) pp. 14:40. Bearcats; Degagne ( N.Vaillant, Saloman ) 13:28. HERKS; Crupi 4 ( Turner, Kurm ) 5:06. Kurm 8 ( Turner, Crupi ) 4:28. penalties; Herks; Kurm, unsortsmanlike, 8:13. Hamlin, int. 6:36. Olynick, head check, 10 minute misconduct, 5:51. Bearcats; Prete, xcheck, 12:56. Elvish, unsportsmanlike, 8:13. Elvish, xcheck, 8:13. Elvish, rough, 8:13. A.Vaillant, unsportsmanlike, 6:36. A. Vaillant, rough, 6:36.
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                                             SHOTS ON GOAL
                          1st        2nd        3rd       Final
HERKS              10         12           8          30
Bearcats            17         13          9          39
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After breaking out of a six game losing streak by beating the Volunteer Pool Bearcats 4-3, the Fort William Hurricanes would play  500 hockey over their next three games. They would lose a 5-2 encounter with the Current River Comets, defeat the front running Westend Bruins 6-5 and then settle for a 3-3 tie with the Bearcats. So after ending the losing streak their next four games, the Herks would be a respectable 2-1-1, and playing a lot better as a team.
 The Comets would open the scoring as Devyn Chenier beat Herk starter Conor Carr at the 7:24 mark, Kenny Turner would then tie the score at 1-1 with his second of the year on the power play.
 Andrew Vis's second period goal, would regain the lead for the Current River team at 2-1, but without the steady goaltending of Carr the score may have been a lot differnt as he would face 18 Comet shots and only one would get by him.
 Hayden Hickey would tie the game in the third for the Herks with his fifth of the season four minutes in. Comet's Adam Vass would score at the 4:51 mark making it 3-2. The Canes would pull goaltender Carr for the extra attacker but the move would backfire as the Comets would score twice into the empty cage, making the final 5-2 Current River. The Herks were outshot 33-29.
 The Herks would bounce back next game by edging the Westend Bruins 6-5, with  Hayden Hickey and Jacob McRury leading the way with two goals apiece.
 Westend would jump out to a two nothing lead five minutes into the opening frame as Brandon Baldassi scored at the 13:42 firing in a loose puck past a sprawling Conor Carr and then at 10:20 Dyan Hrychuk would make it 2-0. The Hurricanes would then score three unanswered goals lead by Hickey's sixth of the year on the power play, that was followed by another power marker as Kyle Stone's second of the season would make it 2-2 and a minute later Hickey would score again his seventh, giving the Canes a 3-2 lead after one.
 Hrychuck's second of the game would tie the game at 3-3 just two minutes into the middle frame. The Canes would fire back and score twice more as Kevin Kurm and Jacob McRury would restore the Herk lead to 5-3 with two complete.
 Hayden Baxter would get the Bruins  to within one goal as the faceoff was deep in the Canes zone, a slight mixup occurred, the Herks netminder Carr came to the bench without permission. So the rule states that a minor penalty is to be called or put in the backup goalie, or another player. The Hurricanes did not have a backup so they chose to put a skater in the goal, it did not work as Louie Wapoose won the draw clean and Baxter fired the puck into a basicly empty cage, 5-4 Herks. McRury would restore the Herks two goal lead at the 8:18 mark, but a minute later Salvatore Pelaia would make it 6-5 on the power play and that would be all the Bruins could score as Carr would close the door for the rest of the game. The Herks would outshoot the Bruins by slim margin 33-32. Hickey and McRury lead the Canes offence with two goals and one assist each, while Amos Sharun chipped in with three helpers, and Stone would have a goal and one assist.
 The contest between the Hurricanes and the Volunteer Pool Bearcats ended in a 3-3 tie, with Herks coming back from a three goal deficit, scoring three times in the final period. The Canes were lead once again by Hayden Hickey's second three point game as he recorded three assists. Kenny Turner had a goal and two helpers.
 Once again the Canes would fall behind in the game as the Bearcats would score with just two minutes left in the first as Derek McPhail woild beat Conor Carr.
  Half way through the middle frame Braeden Prete would increase the VP lead to 2-0, and Carr would be tough to beat after that.
  In the final stanza Turner would score on the power play making it 2-1, but Zack Korchak would make it 3-1 three minutes later. Andrew Crupi would score his sixth of the year with 2:53 remaining in the game and it now was 3-2 Bearcats. With Carr pulled for the extra man the Canes continued to press and with just 0:19 seconds left Matthew Hamlin would net his sixth goal of the year giving the Herks the much deserved tie, at 3-3.
 The Hurricanes look like they may have put that losing streak behind them and have turned the corner. Next game will be the last of  2011 as they will faceoff against the Westend Bruins on Wednesday.

The Fort William Hurricanes dropped an important two points in the Midget AA standings as the first place Westend Bruins won 5-2, with the loss the Canes were now four points out of the playoffs. The New Year did not start well for the Hurricanes as they fell behind 4-0  in the first period to the Current River Comets,  but the Herks battled back and skated away with a 4-4 tie.
 Jordan Pacifico would score two first period goals for the Bruins, while Myles Miceli would net his second of the year scoring inbetween Pacifico's, giving Westend a 2-1 lead after one. Herks netminder Conor Carr would face 12 shots.
   Dominic Silvaggio would score two minutes into the second period increasing the Bruins lead to 3-1. Matthew Hamlin would make it 3-2 with his eighth and the middle frame would end at 3-2 Westend.
 Westend would strike again on the power play just ten seconds into period three and it was now 4-2, seven minutes later the Bruins would put the game on ice as Brandon Baldassi would make it a 5-2 final.
  After the long Christmas break the Herks found themselves on the ice with the fourth place Current River Comets (four points) and it looked like the Canes were still in the giving mood as they would surrender four first period goals to the Comets.
 Cody Anton would score the hat trick. He would start with eight seconds gone in the opening frame as he would sneak one past Herk starter Mitchell Zemanek, two minutes later Anton was left alone at the Hurricanes net and banged in his second of the period, again at the 10:40 mark Devin Chenier would make it 3-0 Comets, as the period was coming to a close Anton would complete his trick scoring with just two and a half minutes left. Zemanek was a little shaky after a long layoff with an upper body had sidelined him for over a month and a half, but would rebound for the rest of the game.
 The second period  was a little differnt for the Canes as they would score twice on five shots. Kyle Stone would get things rolling as he would take a perfect breakaway pass from Johnny Parrott, fresh out of the penalty box and would snap a wrist shot top left corner past Dalton Demerah for his third of the year. A minute later Andrew Crupi would net his sixth of the season on the power play and the Canes now cut the Current River lead in half at 4-2 after two, Zemenak would stone the Comets and not let another one get by. At this point the Hurricanes were being outshot 23 to 10.
 Kenny Turner's sixth of the year would close the gap to 4-3 as his point shot beat Demerah clean on the glove side on the power play. Kevin Kurm would complete the comeback as he skated the length of the ice and deposited his tenth making it 4-4. Again Zemenak would not allow another goal and the game would end in a draw.
The Herks are off to Sault Ste.Marie for the Steel City International Tournament.

The Fort William Hurricanes arrived in Sault Ste.Marie hoping to start up the final third of the regular season on a winning, with a few wins at the Steel City Tournament, but it was not to be.
 The Herks would drop all four games of the round robin and failed to qualify for any kind of playoff action. It would also see them score only two goals in three games.
 Game one was one of  the best games of the Tournament, which saw the Canes take on a speedy team from Michigan, St.Ignace FireHawks. The Hurricanes outplayed and outshot the FireHawks throughout the contest but could not beat Brennon Wachter as they would fire 37 shots his way, while Conor Carr faced 22. After two scoreless periods, St.Ignace would win the opening faceoff of period three and a slight lapse by the Herks would cost them, as Ryan Marshall would take it to the house and slide one under Carr. The final 1-0 St.Ignace. Game star for the Hurricanes, Kevin Kurm.
 The Scarborough Young Bruins took it to the Herks early and often in the first and would score four times in six and a half minutes and would go on to defeat the Herks 7-1. Michael Bunting would lead the way for the Bruins as he would tally twice and add an assist. Andrew Crupi would net the Canes lone marker, Mitchell Zemanek would be tagged for the loss. It was a penalty filled affair as a total of 170 minutes were issued, Kevin Kurm was ejected for a hit from behind and given one game, while Johnny Parrott recieved a two game suspension for fighting. Game star for the Herks Kenny Turner. 
 Andrew Crupi would score his second of the tournament and gave the Hurricanes their first lead of the tourney but it lasted only four minutes as the Porcupine Gold Kings, Timmins, would score five unanswered goals enroute to a 5-1 drubbing of the Canes. Nicholas Sergerie would lead the Kings with two goals, even though allowing five goals goaltender Conor Carr was the game star as he would face 41 Gold King shots.
 Another penalty filled game was on hand for the final Herk game as they would be edged by Northside Toyota, Sault Ste.Marie, 7-5.
 Northside would open the scoring with two in the first, but with a minute forty left Andrew Crupi would score his third straight goal of the tournament cutting the lead to 2-1 after one. Kevin Kurm would score his first of the tourney while the canes were shorthanded making the score 2-2. But the home team woudl storm back scoring three times and it now was 5-2, Amos Sharun netted his first with just 0:58 seconds left making it 5-3 and twenty six seconds later Toyota would make it 6-3 after two. The final frame saw the Herks receive 46 minutes in penalties while Northside was assessed 24 minutes. Inbetween penalties saw the Toyota club score once more and it was 7-3, the Herks would reply with two power play goals, as Robbie Miault's first and Kyle Stone would also net his first closing out the scoring making the final 7-5. The Canes would get a total of 64 minutes, while Sault Ste.Marie accumulated 42 minutes. Andrew Crupi would get the game star award. Mitchell Zemenak was saddled with the loss but was faced with a barrage of shots and was still strong.
 If the Hurricanes could have brought their offence with them on the trip it would have made a difference and probably would have made a playoff spot. The team played well at times and with a little luck, who knows.
 Next up for the Canes will be back to regular season play, as they will take on the Volunteer Pool Bearcats on Wednesday.

The Fort William Hurricanes Midget AA's have left the city of Thunder Bay, to compete in their first Tournament of the year as they travel to Sault Ste.Marie for the Steel City International Tournament.
 The Herks will start the Tourney on Friday January 5th. as they will face the St.Ignace Firehawks at 1:30 pm. Game two is at 8:00 pm with the Scarborough  Young Bruins as the opponet, both games will be played at the John Rhodes Memorial Arena. Saturdays games will begin at 11:30 am at the Essar Arena and the Canes will take on the Porcupine Gold Kings, the final game of the round robin has the Hurricanes taking on an old rival, the Soo Northside Toyota Club, start time will be 9:00 pm, at the Rhodes Arena.
 The Semi-Finals will be played early Sunday morning as game time will be 7:30 am with the Championship contest will be at noon.

                                                  "GO HERKS GO" 

After returning from Sault Ste.Marie without a victory, the Fort William Hurricanes next two Midget AA games were not very well played. After suffering an embarrassing 6-0 loss to the Volunteer Pool Bearcats, the Herks would once again allow another six goals, this time at the hands of the arch rival Fort William Canadiens by a tune of 6-2. These two losses put the Canes in last place in the standings, the only good news of all this was that the Hurricanes were only two points behind the Current River Comets for the fourth and final playoff spot.
 Alex Vaillant netted four goals for the Bearcats in thier 6-0 rout of the Canes. The Habs used six different marksmen in their 6-2 victory, Eric St.Jean, Brett Wolframe, Braeden Roberts, Devon Wintoneak, Dylan Loisel and Keanu Adduono all scored, replying for the Herks was Matthew Hamlin with a pair. The game would see the Hurricanes tally a whopping 66 minutes in penalties, with goaltender Mitchell Zemanek being ejected from the game with a match penalty.
 The Hurricanes would finally net an important win, as Hayden Hickey would score twice and add a pair of helpers in the 6-3 win over the Bearcats.
 Kenny Turner would open the scoring for the Herks as he took a perfect pass from Andrew Crupi and went shelf on VP goaltender Eric Ouellet for his fourth of the season. VP would tie the game at 1-1 as Chris Geravelis would sneak one past a screened Conor Carr, but Kevin Kurm's 12th of the year would regain the lead for the struggling Canes, as Hickey would draw his first assist.
 In period two the Bearcats would tie the game once again at 2-2 as Herk killer Alex Vaillant would get the equalizer. If not for the goaltending of Carr it could have been a tough go for the Hurricanes, he stop 12 of the 13 shots he faced.
 Johnny Parrott's end to end rush while on the power play would net him his second of the year and the canes would lead once again at 3-2. VP would tie the game for a third time as Derek McPhail would score on the power play. Hickey's eighth goal of the year would give the Hurricanes the lead back again, this time for good, as Jacob McRury would give the Canes a two goal lead with his seventh, Hickey would be in on another goal as well as the final Herk goal as he would score into the empty net makinmg the final 6-3. Goaltender Mitchell Zemanek was sitting out his first game of a four game suspension. Next up for the Herks will be the Fort William Canadiens.