Nov 13, 2023 | Kris Tessarolo | 257 views
River Kings U21 Greg Dietz Memorial Finalists 2023
The U21 River Kings headed to Mildmay this past weekend to compete
in the 27th Greg Dietz Memorial Tournament. Click for More:
Coming up just short in the Championship game vs Woolwich Wildcats for the second year in a row. The team coming together in about a month from tryouts, to kicking off the Beechey League only 3 games before embarking on the first Tournament of the year. The River Kings set out goals for this weekend.
Play the maximum 4 games making it to Sunday
Finishing top 8 out of 15 teams entered
Play in the Championship Bracket top 4 teams based on point system
Play in the last game for the Championship.
The team fell just shy of winning, with 4 games in such a short period the injuries, bumps, and bruises and physical toll game after game took teammates stepped up and in to get them to the Finals. This tournament did what we wanted it to! Tested everyone, Build and Gel as a group you should all be proud of the Effort! Thank you to the Players, Coaches, Parents, Friends and Girlfriends for make the trip up and Supporting the Team. We now have 2 months of work to prepare for International Silver Stick to defend in Mooretown! Team Pictures attached:
Tournament Scores:
Round Robin
River Kings
5
Central Perth Coyote
2
River Kings
3
Saugeen Valley Steelhead
2
Semifinal
River Kings
6
Kawartha Lakes
Coyotes
4
Championship
River Kings
1
Woolwich Wildcats
4
Also, A Thank You to the Players and Coaches for staying for the Opening Ceremonial Faceoff Saturday. We have attended this tournament for years, it is a True Test with how many teams go. Your sportsmanship and the thanks from the tournament committee and Dietz family and friends you are commended for the support the team shown. We look forward to this tournament and going year after year.
