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Midget 'AAA' Sharks to Host Regional Playdowns

The New Waterford Midget 'AAA' Sharks will be hosting the Cape Breton Midget 'AAA' Hockey League's regional playdowns from February 24th to 26th at the New Waterford & District Community Centre.

This is the second straight season that the Sharks will host the league's regional playdowns. The Sharks were not the only team that applied to host the regional playdowns, the third place Strait Richmond Pirates also made an attempt to host the weekend event.

The New Waterford club heads into the regional tournament as the top seeded team as they finished first overall following the first 20 games of the regular season with a record of 15-4-1 along with 101 goals for and 54 goals against, not counting the final four games of the regular season.

The Sharks are led by forward Brandon Syms who leads the team with 33 goals and 16 assists good for 49 points on the season, also leading the charge for New Waterford is Shane Desrosiers and David Gillis. Desrosiers in 21 games has 25 points (7 goals, 18 assists) while Gillis has recorded 16 goals and 7 assists for 23 points in 21 games.

On defense, the Sharks are led by veteran defensemen Chris Young, Ryan Colbert and Jeremy Fraser, the three have combined for 19 points on the season. Kyle Muise, Cody Brenna, Tyler Grant and Michael MacIntyre round out the defense core for New Waterford.

In goal, the Sharks have two experienced goaltenders in Gabe Dowie and MacKenzie Carrigan. Dowie started the season with the Cape Breton Tradesmen of the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League before joining the Sharks in October. In 10 games with New Waterford the Sydney native has an impressive record of 10-0-0 along with a 2.10 goals-against average while MacKenzie Carrigan has posted a record of 5-5-1 along with a 3.24 goals-against average.

Here now is a breakdown of the Sharks players:

Third year Midget players: David Gillis (16 goals, 7 assists, 23 pts), Glen Connors (7 goals, 15 assists, 22pts), Andrew Briggs (9 goals, 11 assists, 20 pts), Liam White (9 goals, 9 assists, 18 pts), Kenzie Campbell (5 goals, 10 assists, 15 pts), Jeremy Fraser (2 goals, 9 assists, 11 pts), Tyler Grant (5 assists, 5 pts), David Ferguson (5 assists, 5 pts), Ryan Colbert (1 goal, 3 assists, 4 pts) and Chris Young (4 assists, 4 pts)

Second year Midget players: Brandon Syms (33 goals, 16 assists, 49 pts), Shane Desrosiers (7 goals, 18 assists, 25 pts), Josh Head (6 goals, 2 assists, 8 pts), Kyle Muise (2 goals, 5 assists, 7 pts) and Brendon MacLean (2 goals, 2 assists, 4 pts)

First year Midget players: Rhett Sheppard (6 goals, 14 assists, 20 pts), Cody Brenna (1 goal, 6 assists, 7 pts) and Michael MacIntyre (2 goals, 2 assists, 4 pts)

** Stats as of Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - Source: Cape Breton Midget 'AAA' Hockey League official website **