Dallas Junior Hockey Association

The DJHA Bantam Minor team won the North Texas Hockey League Bantam A championship this weekend.  The team played Austin, who finished first in the regular season, in a best of 3 series.  Game 3, however, was never needed.  DJHA beat Austin 2-0 in the morning and 2-0 in the afternoon to capture the championship.  Austin Murray had four points in the two games and Brendan Strobel-McLean had two shutouts and stopped 43 shots.  Congratulations to the team for winning the championship and finishing with a record of 46-11-3.

The DJHA Bantam Minor team won the Chicago Midwinter Classic Tournament over the weekend.  The team went 5-0 and outscored their opponents 24-6.  After beating the Naperville Sabres 3-1 and the Chicago Huskies 3-2 on Saturday, the team beat the Mission (Arizona) Ice 5-0 and the Lincoln Jr. Stars 10-2 on Sunday.  On Monday, the championship game was a rematch between DJHA and the Chicago Sabres (who unsuccessfully protested their earlier loss to the Penguins).  The Sabres went up early 1-0, but the Penguins stayed focused, took the lead and never looked back. The Penguins finished with a 3-1 victory to bring the championship banner back to Texas.  Congratulations to the team and Brandon Siler, who was named MVP of the championship game.