Atom Minor, U11 (formerly Atom), 2011-2012 (Essex Minor Hockey)

This past weekend, the Essex Ravens Atom Minors headed to St. Thomas to participate in the 2011-12 OMHA playdown tournament. After a successful regular season, the Ravens earned a bye the first round since they ended up with the highest winning percentage of the 5 participating teams.

With four games left in the regular season, on a rare Wednesday night game, the Essex Raven Atom Minors hosted Belle River on home ice.

On Friday January the 13th, the Ravens travelled accross the border to play in the Squirt Minor AA tournament. During the weekend the boys played at different arenas, from Lincoln Park Civic Arena, to Southgate and then to the Ice Box. Having won a huge tournament the previous weekend, the boys knew they would be in for some tougher competition playing in the AA side of the tourney.

The Atom Minor Raven's are in for a busy month of hockey this January as they tackle 2 tournaments across the boarder before they get ready for the most important tournament of the year in St. Thomas where they start their quest for the OMHA title.

The Ravens had two home games this weekend with the first being against Lasalle. We knew this game would be a tough one for us. Lasalle was looking to redeem themselves after we beat them in their own tournament a few weeks back.