Pictured from left to right (front row): Daniel Prokoshin, Rushil Thummaluru, Bailey Callaway, Jacob Lust, Owen Vogel, David Epstein. (second row) Patrick Kelly, Will Beck, Jacob Roitburg, Jake Denny, Ethan Garlock, Jack Yamniuk, Julian Drezner. (back row) Coaches Paul Vogel, Richard Garlock, Aaron Yamniuk.
The weekend of March 14, the Princeton Youth Hockey Association Squirt A Team travelled to Reston, VA to play in the Congressional Cup Spring Classic Tournament. The group took on teams from New Jersey, Maryland and South Carolina and won silver.
The Princeton Tigers won their first match 2-1 against in-state rivals New Jersey Freeze. They faced the Charleston Junior Stingrays from South Carolina the following morning, falling to the Stingrays 4-2. The Tigers came back strong against the MV Warriors from Maryland, winning their third game by a score of 7-3 and qualifying for the championship game. Facing the Junior Stingrays once again, the Tigers lost by a score of 5-3, but secured second place in the tournament.
Tigers forward Jack Yamniuk also reached a personal milestone by putting up his 100th point for the season during the tournament.
The next challenge for the Squirts will be hockey tryouts for next year’s squad where some members of the team will be returning as Squirts and others will be moving up to the Pee Wee Level. Princeton Youth Hockey Association tryouts are scheduled for April 13-16. Registration is currently open at princetonyouthockey.org.
