Goaltender Aaron Mercer of Humber Village and forward Adrian Ward of Goose Cove were named to the first all-star team in the Major Bantam division at the 2015 Chronicle Herald East Coast Ice Jam hockey tournament held recently at the BMO Centre in Halifax.
The Kings finished up with a 1-2 record in preliminary action, but bowed out in the first playoff round after losing a heartbreaker 3-2 to the North West Bulls in overtime. The Kings opened the tournament with a 2-1 loss to the Central Attack Hockey Club with Tristan Dower-Nichols scoring on a power play goal with Andrew Antle picking up the only assist.
Mercer, who was between the pipes for the overtime loss, got the nod as the puckstopper on the first all-star team with a 1-1 record, the team’s only win coming with him standing tall in a 4-2 win over the Senateurs Acadie/Miramichi in a round-robin affair.
Mercer, a five-foot-10, 160-pounder, praised his team for a solid effort, believing he wouldn’t have been won the award without the support of the team in facing over 40 shots in his two starts. He said the team had to play some good hockey to compete because the competition was a step up from what they’re use to seeing.
“It means a lot to me because I guess they recognized that I’m pretty good,” Mercer, 13-year-old son of Humber Village’s Rena and Greg Mercer, said of being recognized for his effort.
Ward, a 15-year-old forward who attends White Hills Academy in St. Anthony, earned his selection to the team as the Kings’ top scorer with three goals in four games.
His parents drive him to Corner Brook, a six-hour jaunt most weekends because of the wild winter in the west, to attend all functions with the team.
Ward had a two-goal game in the win over the Senateurs, notching the winner on a setup from Will Keating with just under eight minutes left in regulation time after the Kings responded with four unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 2-0 deficit.
Turning 15 on Jan. 24, Ward scored into an empty net with 17 seconds left for insurance.
The left-handed shot was the lone marksman, an unassisted tally, as the Kings fell 7-1 to the Frederiction Canadiens, who erupted for five unanswered goals in the opening stanza.
“I feels honoured and lucky that I got chosen. There were a lot of good players there,” he said, noting he could have played better but won’t dwell on past mistakes.
He just looks forward to being better every game.
Goaltender Aaron Mercer of Humber Village and forward Adrian Ward of Goose Cove were named to the first all-star team in the Major Bantam division at the 2015 Chronicle Herald East Coast Ice Jam hockey tournament held recently at the BMO Centre in Halifax.
The Kings finished up with a 1-2 record in preliminary action, but bowed out in the first playoff round after losing a heartbreaker 3-2 to the North West Bulls in overtime. The Kings opened the tournament with a 2-1 loss to the Central Attack Hockey Club with Tristan Dower-Nichols scoring on a power play goal with Andrew Antle picking up the only assist.
Mercer, who was between the pipes for the overtime loss, got the nod as the puckstopper on the first all-star team with a 1-1 record, the team’s only win coming with him standing tall in a 4-2 win over the Senateurs Acadie/Miramichi in a round-robin affair.
Mercer, a five-foot-10, 160-pounder, praised his team for a solid effort, believing he wouldn’t have been won the award without the support of the team in facing over 40 shots in his two starts. He said the team had to play some good hockey to compete because the competition was a step up from what they’re use to seeing.
“It means a lot to me because I guess they recognized that I’m pretty good,” Mercer, 13-year-old son of Humber Village’s Rena and Greg Mercer, said of being recognized for his effort.
Ward, a 15-year-old forward who attends White Hills Academy in St. Anthony, earned his selection to the team as the Kings’ top scorer with three goals in four games.
His parents drive him to Corner Brook, a six-hour jaunt most weekends because of the wild winter in the west, to attend all functions with the team.
Ward had a two-goal game in the win over the Senateurs, notching the winner on a setup from Will Keating with just under eight minutes left in regulation time after the Kings responded with four unanswered goals in the third period to erase a 2-0 deficit.
Turning 15 on Jan. 24, Ward scored into an empty net with 17 seconds left for insurance.
The left-handed shot was the lone marksman, an unassisted tally, as the Kings fell 7-1 to the Frederiction Canadiens, who erupted for five unanswered goals in the opening stanza.
“I feels honoured and lucky that I got chosen. There were a lot of good players there,” he said, noting he could have played better but won’t dwell on past mistakes.
He just looks forward to being better every game.