Pino's captures Bantam AA crown

It may have taken some extra time but the Pino's Titans captured the Bantam AA championship over the Blueliners Blackhawks in an all-Sault final at the 24th Annual Steel City International Hockey Tournament.

In the Sunday afternoon championship at the Rankin Arena, Michael Alexander scored the game winner 4:42 into overtime as the Titans edged the Blackhawks 3-2.

Shane Alberta gave the Titans a 1-0 first period lead before affiliate player Bo Boissoneau scored the lone goal of the second period to tie the game for the Blackhawks.

Dana Bergamin gave the Titans a 2-1 edge eight seconds into the third period but David Giuletti scored for the Blackhawks to tie the score at 4:23.

Evan Larkin recorded the win in goal while Matti Huapalainen recorded two assists for the Titans.

Pino's advanced to the title game with a 6-3 semi-final win over the Sault's S&T Lightning while Blueliners defeated the South End Rangers 3-2 in the other semi-final.

*** MIDGET AA:

Brandon Singh scored two goals to pace the Toronto East Enders past the Sault's Littner's Park 5-0 in the Midget AA championship game at the Rankin.

Justin Rowland, Clayton Cherry and Branden Collins also scored for the winners, who lead by period scores of 2-0 and 3-0, while Ian Grundy recorded the shutout.

Littner's Park advanced to the final with a dramatic 4-3 overtime win in the semi-final over Current River as Anthony Silvano scored the winner.

*** MIDGET AAA MINOR:

The Midland North Stars scored early and often to defeat the Markham Waxers 5-1 in the Midget AAA Minor championship game at the John Rhodes Community Centre.

Midland led 4-0 in the first period and 5-1 after the second.

Jarrod Labelle and Adam Sponseller scored twice each for the winners while Travis Williams added another. Brad Fleishman replied with a goal for Markham.