Pictured above (left to right):  Back row: Drew Mahanna, Coach Cedrick Pimentel, Jake Rein, Mark Dieckhaus, David Piel, Austin Harris, Zach Stroud, Coach Dennis White, Mitchell Clauss.  Middle row:  Kyle Jarvis, Gabby Korte, Jimmy Smythe, Jimmy Wirthlin, Connor Bennett, Rio Pimentel, Ian Giegling.  Front row:  Josh Schindler, Brad Forshee.

After finishing third in season play, the Affton Americans PeeWee A2 team concluded their 2007 – 2008 hockey season with a huge tournament win at the Country & Western Showdown Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, March 7 – 9.

Excellent goaltending and defensive teamwork kept goals against to 0.5, while offensive teamwork led to assists and/or goals from 11 of 15 Affton players.  The result was a tie against the Dayton Blue Flyers and wins against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Ice Tigers and Southern Ice Storm.

This victory was possible because of excellent coaching by Dennis White, Cederick Pimentel, and Justin Mueller, who was unable to make the trip due to school responsibilities. The team embraced the system and all the kids improved as the season progressed. It was an enjoyable season where the kids made friends as did the parents. Drew Mahanna and Zak Seger were unable to play due to injuries sustained in the final game of the regular season, although Drew was able to make the trip and cheer his teammates on.

Back row:  Kavi Gandhi, Coach Mark Moffat, Joel Besch, Coach Ed Bellamy, Brady Schlereth, Christopher Ceriotti, Coach Steve Drummond, Joseph Rueve and Zach Drummond.
 
Front row:  Chase Bradley, Christian Issa, Daniel Karr, Dylan Sullivan, Blake Bellamy, Will Moffat and Henry Etzel.

Congratulation to Coach Brad Parker and coaching staff for a League and State Championships. The team worked hard all season and showed how dedication and teamwork pays off with two come from behind playoff wins.  The Boys won the first game 2-1 in overtime. Game two was a 5-4 victory with the game-winning goal coming with 26 seconds left to play.  The Championship game ended in a 3-1 victory over Springfield, MO.

Team members:

Billy Borner, Tyler Dawidowski, Greg Eilerman, Dominic Gatti, Tyler Janssen, James Kalinowski, Justin Komos, Mike Krupp, Tim Lange, Wes Lukasek,

Patrick Moroney, Bryn Mullaney, Brad Pallme, Chris Peak, Ryan Steinmann, Alex Stelmachowicz, Justin Welch

Coaches:  Brad Parker, Tom Gatti, Hank Komos, John Moroney

Team Manager:  Esther Borner

Team Photographer:  Larry Kalinowski

Team members:
Nick Breunig, Jack Klages, Alec Ball, Sean Chappuis, Cody Robinson, A.J. Overkamp, Jeff Rearden, Blake Pauly, Tom Dapron, Mike kolis, Sam Turner, Austin Gibson, Hunt Lucas, Adam Clark, Kurt Chestnas, Parker Stovall, and Austin Salerno.

Coaches:
Chris Pinkowski
Rian Dudkowski

Team manager:
Steve Breunig

Adam Gilmore, Mitchell Lukens, Dave Eilerman, Tom Ellis, Andrew Marino, Andrew Fix, Bradley Johnson, Patrick Sullivan, Caesar Sorrentino, Max McKay, Ryan Martin, Jeffrey Becker, Ryan Carroll, Justin Beger
Coach Greg Eilerman, Mark Lukens, Pat Sorrentino

After playing three exciting and intense games of hockey, Coach Ted Rumpf’s team claimed the Pee Wee AA State Championship Tournament title.  Both their first round game against St. Peters and semi-final game against Twin Bridges ended in thrilling 6 – 5 shootout victories.  The championship game against Kirkwood, won in the last 10 seconds with a 3 – 2 decision, was no less heart-stopping, even without a shootout!  Congratulations to the players and coaches for their extraordinary efforts and an unforgettable victory, continuing the tradition of excellence that is Affton Americans’ hockey.

The Affton Bantam Minors began the Top Flight Tournament strong and never let up.  Despite some pretty tough competition, they racked up four consecutive wins to claim the top prize.  Play began with a game against the Dallas Star Selects on Saturday morning.  The Americans found themselves trailing by 2 goals early; but they continued to work hard and at the final buzzer they picked up the win by a score of 4-2.  The second game featured the Americans against the Dallas Ice Jets.  The Americans dominated all aspects of the game, racking up 8 goals while shutting out the Ice Jets.  These victories earned them a number one seed going into bracket play.  On Sunday morning, Affton faced the Dallas Star Selects for a second time, and the outcome was the same as the first.  The Americans again fell behind early but came back strong and won by a final score of 4-2.  The victory advanced them to the championship game.  The championship game paired Affton against the Chesterfield Falcons.  During the regular season these two teams had taken their turn at being on the winning and losing end against each other; but on this day, Affton would not be denied and took control from the beginning and never let up.  After three strong periods of play, the Americans were crowned the Tournament Champions with a 5-1 victory over the Falcons.

Team members include:  Ted Barile, Nathan Brouillet, Matt Brown, Tim Coleman, Tom Croghan, Eric Effinger, Tom Fleming, Ryan Giegling, Tom Heinzman, Tyler Krapf, Sean Leslie, Clay Oliver, Ryan Quante, Brian Rupp, Hunter Sieron, Alex Turin, Taylor Wagner.  Coaches include:  Bil Mermis, Mike Croghan, Jason Krapf, Ray Barile, John Oliver.

First Row - Joey Gagan, Brett Kim, Dylan Burton, Ben Jones, Justin Budrovich, Tucker Kernan.
Second Row-Cooach Tim West, Coach Bill Shaw, Chandler Little, Jared Westcott, Ben Givens, Charlie West,
Otto Etzel, Coach Otto Etzel

Congratulations to the Affton Mite Gold team on winning the Peoria Snowball Tournament. The mite gold team was the only house team in the "A" level travel tournament. They were undefeated in the tournament and won the championship game 5-1. 

Mite Silver Team -Members:

Blake Bellamy, Joel Besch, Chase Bradley, Christopher Ceriotti, Zach Drummond, Henry Etzel, Kavi Gandhi, Christian Issa, Daniel Karr, Will Moffat, Joseph Rueve, Brady Schlereth, and Dylan Sullivan

The Mite Silver hockey team played in the Meramec Hockey Club Ice Blast Tournament in late December and took 1st place.  Due to a late registation, we were placed in the gold division where we shut out Meramec Mite Gold 6-0.  We were also victorious over St. Peters Mite Gold in a hard fought 4-2 game.  Daniel Karr held his own between the pipes in both games taking over a total of 20 shots.  We went on to beat the Pekin Dragons and the Rockets Silver for the championship.  For all the boys this was their first tournament victory.  The boys were elated, and the coaches and parents were proud but worn out. 

The team would like to thank the coaches Ed Bellamy,Steve Drummond and Mark Moffat for all the guidance they give!
 

Pictured above (left to right):  Back row: Drew Mahanna, Coach Cedrick Pimentel, Jake Rein, Mark Dieckhaus, David Piel, Austin Harris, Zach Stroud, Coach Dennis White, Mitchell Clauss.  Middle row:  Kyle Jarvis, Gabby Korte, Jimmy Smythe, Jimmy Wirthlin, Connor Bennett, Rio Pimentel, Ian Giegling.  Front row:  Josh Schindler, Brad Forshee.