Wednesday, March 17, 2010 — The Chadders U18 team capped off the season with a fairy tale run to the Final at the Rocky Mtn Regional. Chadders did so by being the Number 1 seed out of their pool.
On Thursday night, the boys nearly stole a win from the Dallas Stars, coming up short 2-1. Vili Mattila(92) scored for Chadders in the third. On Friday in a must win, the team did so, beating the Co Rampage 5-3. JJ Ziegler(91) got his first of four for the tournament.
On Saturday morning, in another must win, Chadders came out on top pf the Mission, 3-2. The team was trailing 2-1 going into the late stages of the third. Cole Klippenstein(92), kept the hope alive, scoring an unassisted end to ender to tie the game at 2 with just over a minute left. Chase McDonald then sent the bench and crowd of families into hysterics when he scored with 42 seconds remaining to send Chadders to the semifinals.
In the semifinal action, Chadders took on Texas Alliance and the Rampage took on the Colorado TBirds. The Tbirds won their semi 3-1, and another late came come back by Chadders sent them to the final, beating Texas, 3-2. Mike Pelletier(92) had the game winner and Ziegler had 3 points.
In the Sunday morning final, Colorado took the trophy with a 2-1 win. Chadders again trailed 1-0 going into the third. Doug Newell(92) evened the score midway through the third on a great single effort goal. The unbelievable run for Chadders came to a crash when Dan Doremus(DU Bound), scored with a minute remaining to end the tournament.
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