State Peewee Hockey Tournament Held in Glasgow

Peewee hockey players from all over the state descended on Glasgow this past weekend to fight for the ultimate reward after months of hard work and competition.

Our own Glasgow Ice Dawgs held their own in the tournament, but were unable to move into the final games after pool play was complete.

Glasgow hit the ice for their first game of the weekend on Friday morning - 7 a.m. - and faced off against the Havre Ice Hawks.

Havre was able to score two goals before Glasgow would answer back with a power play goal by Michael Hoyer. With under a minute left in the period, Hoyer hit the back of the net with an assist from Kaden Kummerfeldt.

To even things up in the second period, the Ice Dawgs' Gage Siefert sent one in between the pipes with assists from Kummerfeldt and Hoyer. Havre would answer that goal with two of their own, and the cycle would repeat with an unassisted goal scored by Colter Barnett and another two from Havre. Glasgow was able to finish the second period with the final goal scored by Kummerfeldt on a power play. When the Peewees hit the locker room for the Zamboni break, the Ice Hawks were ahead 6-4.

With a fresh sheet of ice, the Peewees came out determined to finish strong. The Dawgs and the Hawks would keep things interesting with back-and-forth scoring. Nick Burke's two unassisted goals were each answered in turn by Havre.

The Ice Hawks pulled further ahead with two more goals and it seemed they were on their way to winning with an increasingly large margin. Glasgow dug deep and put a few more points on the board with Barnett and Hoyer both scoring unassisted, but there wasn't enough time left on the clock to score a win, and Havre won the game 10-8.

Returning to the rink Friday afternoon for their second pool play contest, Glasgow matched up against the Great Falls Americans.

Dylan Hlad and Hoyer were each able to score a goal – both assisted by Ian Peterson - before Great Falls realized they were there to play hockey and got one past Glasgow's goaltender.

The second period began to look bleak with the Americans scoring three times to Glasgow's one goal from Hlad off Barnett.

It looked like Great Falls would come away with the win against Glasgow until just about mid-third period when Peterson sent one in with an assist from Klaire Krumwiede and Hlad.

Glasgow's defensive line, comprised of Jack Cornwell, Tori Pehlke, Krumwiede, Hoyer, and goaltender Aiden Wilkowski ensured the Americans would not score again, and the game concluded with a 4-4 tie.

For their final pool play contest, the Ice Dawgs faced Missoula in an afternoon game on Saturday. Burke would score the majority of goals for Glasgow in the contest, logging four of the five points for his team, assisted twice by Krumwiede. Barnett did his part with an unassisted goal of his own. The Dawgs' defense did another great job of denying their opponent and the game ended with another tie 5-5. Despite their hard work, the Peewees weren't able to move on in the tournament, and the Great Falls Americans would claim the title of State Champions.

The Peewee Ice Dawgs are coached by Paul Siefert, Jodie Seifert, and John Peterson.

Although the game on Saturday finished the season for the Peewees, some of them are already forming a team for the Big Sky State Games later this spring. I guess six months of hockey just isn't enough for everyone.