Thunderbirds U14 Captures Pittsburgh Super Series

The Colorado Thunderbirds Bantam AAA team won the Pittsburgh Super Series on October 17 defeating the Pittsburgh Elite Team 3-0 in the championship game.  The Pittsburgh team was coached by NHL hall of famer, Mario Lemieux.  The T-Birds went 4-2 on the weekend, defeating Tampa Bay 4-1, NPI 8-1, and Phoenix 2-0; while losing to the Dallas Stars 2-0 and Pittsburgh 5-1 during the preliminary round.

The T-Birds were led by Tanner Smith and Freddie Olofsson who had 8 points each.  From a plus/minus standpoint, the T-Birds were led by Brandon Carlo (+7), Logan Fauber (+6) and Scott Eansor (+6).  During the final day of the tournament, Cale Morris recorded a shutout against Phoenix facing 19 shots and Danny Mumaugh recorded a shutout against Pittsburgh facing 25 shots.  The game-winning goals against Phoenix and Pittsburgh were scored by Mike Eyssimont and Brock Stashick.  The T-Bird having the greatest impact was Mason Peterson with tenacious forechecking, backchecking and superb penalty killing.

The T-Birds next head to Chicago for the Nike Bauer Tournament, November 4 – 7.