The Norwell Redmen varsity hockey team are hosting an 18 team tournament on Nov. 27 and 28. Teams from across southwestern Ontario are competing in the two-day event, which is in its 21st year.
Games are being played in Palmerston, Drayton, Harriston and Listowel.
The Redmen opened the tournament in Palmerston on Thursday morning vs Waterloo Collegiate at 8:30am and was scheduled to play at 1:30pm vs St. Thomas Aquinas of Oakville and at 4pm vs. Sir Frederick Banting of London.
All teams were slated to play three games on Thursday and then return to play in the playoff round starting Friday morning. Finals are set for the Palmerston arena later Friday afternoon. For more details and schedule information, contact Mark Israel at Norwell District Secondary School.
Regular season action
The Redmen opened the regular season on Nov. 14 with a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over St. James from Guelph. The Redmen fell behind 2-0 after the first in spite of firing 15 shots on the St. James goal.
The Redmen responded in the second period with three goals. Josh Keuneman notched Norwell’s first goal from Brad Binkle and Carson Ivel. Blair Butchart added the second Redmen goal from Binkle and Brodie Hoffele. Keuneman then scored a shorthanded tally to even the score at 3-3 heading to the third period.
In the 3rd, Dan Kauth scored from Justin Schmidt to give the Redmen a short-lived lead before Keuneman completed his hat trick with a power play goal from Binkle and Butchart late in the third to seal the victory.
The Redmen outshot St. James 41-17 and Tyler Reiner recorded the win in goal.
The team looks forward to seeing local hockey fans out at the tournament and also at future home games. The Redmen will host regular season games on Dec. 2, 3, 8 and 17.
