The Waterloo Extramural Hockey Team entered the Fanshawe College Ice Hockey tournament on January 20th coming off a George Brown tournament win a few months earlier.



Waterloo began the tournament against Conestoga College. After Mike Vitelli put Waterloo up 2 goals, Conestoga scored a late goal to cut the lead to one. That was all Conestoga would get as Waterloo held on for the 2-1 win to start the tournament.



Waterloo's second game was against Georgian Owen Sound. Waterloo came out firing on all cylinders in this one as they easily defeated Georgian OS by a final score of 7-0.



Waterloo's strong round robin performance led them to first in their division, setting up a semi-final matchup with Laurier Brantford. Heading into the second period the score was tied 0-0. After Waterloo turned over the puck, Laurier Brantford went down on a breakaway where Jacob Schumann made a spectacular stretched out pad save. This was the spark Waterloo needed, as they would score 2 quick goals to jump out to a 2-0 lead. Laurier Brantford added a late goal, but it was not enough as Waterloo held on for the 2-1 win and advanced to the finals against Humber Lakeshore.



Waterloo came out a little flat in the finals and trailed 1-0 after the first period. Waterloo came out strong in the second period as Jake Adams put them on the board to tie it 1-1. After dominating the remaining of the second period, Waterloo held a 3-1 heading into the third period.



Humber Lakeshore did not go away quietly as they scored an early goal in the third period to cut the lead to one. After regrouping as a team, Waterloo had a strong response by scoring 2 more goals in the third period to put the game out of reach. Waterloo went on to win the game 5-2 and win the Fanshawe Extramural Hockey tournament by going 4-0.



Led by Mike Vitelli with 5 goals and 2 assists and Rob Claridge with 2 goals and 6 assists, Waterloo outscored their opponents 17-4 throughout the tournament. Backed by strong defense, goaltenders Chris Velluci and Jacob Shumann held their opponents to just 4 goals in 4 games.



This is Waterloo's second tournament win in a row and they will look to continue this streak in the Laurier Brantford tournament occurring on February 10th.