Updated: Villanova wins OFSAA bronze

The boys hockey team at Villanova is playing for a medal Thursday. The Wildcats will play Nantyr Shores from the Barrie Area at 8am. The winner will play for gold at 1pm while the loser moves to the bronze medal game at 11am. All games will be played at the Vollmer Complex in LaSalle.

Source: Villanova

The host team got off to a good start at the tournament with a 4-2 win over Maxwell Heights. They lost 5-2 to St. Aloysius Gonzaga in their second game to finish day one at 1-1. Villanova beat St. Michael's (Niagara Falls) Thursday morning to finish pool play at 2-1.

They advance to the quarter-finals where they faced the Brooklin Bears (Whitby area) Thursday afternoon in a game that went to overtime. Gianmarco Spizzirri notched his first goal of the tournament at 4:27 of the extra session to send the Wildcats to the semi-finals.

St. Anne fell 4-3 to Nantyn Shores in the final game of pool play Wednesday morning and were knocked out of medal contention losing to Father Bressani (Woodbridge) 4-3 in overtime in the afternoon session.

Update: Jack Lee scored his second goal of the tournament, and his second game winner, in overtime Thursday morning as Nantyr beat Villanova 3-2. The host Wildcats played for OFSAA bronze and beat Father Bressani from Woodbridge, Ontario 4-2.

"Our team had a great showing," Head coach Grant O'Keefe proudly told Powerplay Sports.

"We had a dominant quarter final win against the number one seed. We felt we were the better team in the semi finals, but came up short in overtime. In the end we had two losses in the tournament, both to the finalists. We are very proud of how we represented our school and the region. We only had three grade twelves, so we expect to be back next year."

St. Aloysius Gonzaga won gold with a 3-1 win over Nantyr Shores.