On the weekend of October 25-26, the Amherstburg Stars Pee Wee Minor Hockey Team took home the Championship at Joe Louis Arena in the Motown Cup Challenge, played in Southgate Michigan. With some great skating and unbelievable goaltending our boys went undefeated. Our first game was against Brampton Battalion, and it started out fast and furious!  The Stars came out on top after the 1^st period by a score of 4-2, led by goals from Mitchell Holden, Christian Dennis, Marshal Laing, and Jacob Damico.  The Defence then put the clamps on The Battalion, not allowing any more goals for the next two periods, led by the hard play of Ryan Scott and Ryan Wismer.  The Final score ended up being 8-2, with second and third period goals by Jordan Bastien, and Brent Allen.  Feeding the scorers with the puck was Garret Meloche, AJ Purdie, and Michael Lenson.

In the Stars second game on Saturday, they took on a bigger and stronger Oakville Hound Dogs Team, but the results were the same.  Using speed and agility The Stars jumped on the Hound Dogs fast with first period goals from Avery Brush, and Cory Burns.  That would be all they needed, as once again the Defence put the brakes on any momentum the Dogs achieved, led by hard play from Matthew Pardo and Joel Rorseth.  The Stars added a goal in the second and third periods by Marshal Laing and Brent Allen.  Dean Meunier had his first shutout of the season and now had a streak of six periods without a goal against him.

The tone was set for a fabulous Championship Game played on Sunday Morning in Detroit at The Joe Louis Arena.  The opponent was the 2-0 Humbervalley Sharks.  The first period was a very tight battle with many bone crushing hits, and fast skating.  The first period ended with a 0-0 tie.  The play of the second period was similar to the first until 3:07 left in the period when Christian Dennis took a hard slap shot from the circle, and Cory Burns slammed home the goal off the rebound, giving the Stars a 1-0 lead going into the third period.  The Stars now saw the Championship in their sight, and with 11:00 left in the period, Mitchell Holden made a crisp pass to set Cory Burns on a breakaway where he beat the goaltender to give him his second goal of the game.  The Humbervalley Sharks would not go away, and with two stars in the penalty box and intense pressure in our end, the Stars dug down deep and again Cory Burns put the puck past the Sharks Goaltender giving him his third goal of the game.  The Stars then put the end of the Sharks’ hopes with again great goaltending and strong defence.  The stars won the Championship game by a score of 3-0.  Dean Meunier had his second consecutive shutout and now has a streak of eight periods without being beat.  Way to go Coaching Staff and the Amherstburg Pee Wee Minor Stars!!!!!