The Major Atom Lakers played at the Toronto Shanahan hockey tournament during the weekend of Nov. 11-13, 2011; winning the 1st game 5-0 against Michigan United and then losing the next 3; 8-3 to the Mississauga Rebels, 5-2 to Ajax-Pickering Raiders and 9-4 to Ottawa Silver Seven. If the Lakers played the entire 3 periods with the same drive shown for a period or two, their showing at the tournament would have been much better.
At the Shanahan, the Lakers defeated Michigan United in the 1st game 5-0 with goalie Bobby McLachlan getting the shutout. Joshua Zelek opened the scoring by roofing a goal after being sent in along the wing by Kyle Stanbury.
Zach Dow added to the scoring in the 1st on a goal mouth scramble from Tanner Reid. In the 2nd period, Shaun Barnett picked off the top corner from a blue line wrister, assisted by Ethan Roche and Jake Weston. Braeden Burdett extended the lead, assisted by Reid and Carter McLlwain. Stanbury finished the scoring in the 3rd, hitting the top corner after being assisted by Zelek and Reid Campbell.
At the Shanahan 2nd game, the Lakers were tied with the Rebels 3-3 with 6 minutes left in the 2nd period before letting the Mississaugua Rebels open the floodgates and finish with a 8-3 victory. Goal scorers for the Lakers included Sam Dupuis (from Stanbury), McLlwain (from Robert McNiven), and Burdett.
At the Shanahan 3rd game, the Lakers fell behind 5-0 in the 2nd period before scoring 2 goals in the 3rd, with the Ajax-Pickering Raiders winning 5-2. Laker goal scorers included Burdett and Zelek (from Stanbury and Campbell).
At the Shanahan 4th game, the Lakers were only losing 5-4 with 7 minutes to play before the floodgates opened, falling 9-4 to the Ottawa Silver Seven. Laker goal scorers included Reid (from Roche and Dow), Dupuis (from Matthew Schmidt), Campbell (from Zelek), and Dupuis.
