Tennison Mathews scores game winner in Salmon, ID tournament
Monday, January 15th, 2007 by jim Subscribe To Our Feed
Tennison Mathews, the youngest member of the Missoula Peewee B hockey team propelled his team to a new level this January 12-13th 2007 weekend at the Salmon, ID Peewee B tournament. In below zero weather all the teams at the tourney had to learn to deal with the cold weather and brittle ice at the outdoor hockey rink in Salmon. The small, but well supported tournament played host to three teams from Idaho, plus the Missoula team. Each team was guaranteed three games plus a slot in the finals. Missoula just missed a shot at the championship with a tie game against Sun-Valley and then a close loss to Idaho Falls in the third game of the tourney. So the team was determined to get revenge when they realized they would have to turn around and play Idaho Falls again 2 hours later for a shot at third place.
Tennison, the not-yet-eleven-year-old peewee, took it upon himself to end the game in Missoula’s favor in sudden-death overtime. With the score tied 4-4 at the end of regulation time, the teams squared off for a 5 minute period of sudden-death. At about 3 minutes into overtime, Mathews broke away from the pack towards the Idaho Falls goaltender. Tennison faked passing to his winger and shot a long, bouncing, dribbling puck on net just over the top of the goalie’s right pad and into the back of the net. SCORE! The team went crazy! The Missoula players jumped on top of Mathews. What a great way to end a frigid weekend in Salmon, Idaho.
Tennison Mathews secured third place for Missoula at the tourney. But more than that, his game winning goal was unique because until last Saturday the Missoula team had not won a single game during the 2006-2007 season. The drive home to Missoula was filled with good memories and great feelings about the team’s first win of the season!
Tennison Mathews, great job. You deserve to feel great about your performance this weekend!
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