The Burlington Mall, Atom A Team goes 4 for 4 in Tournament Play with a holiday win at the 42nd Annual Wayne Gretzky Tournament in Brantford.
Due to a strong TEAM effort, the Eagles took their 4th Tournament in a row, going undefeated in 21 tournament games this year.  In Round Robin play The Eagles defeated the Atom AA Woodstock Navy Vets 2-0, the Amherst Knights 10-4, and the Brantford 99’s 2-0.  Burlington advanced to the semi final game on their way to the finals where they defeated a host Brantford team 5-1.   The kids were all very excited to get their pictures taken with Walter Gretzky.

Congratulations Eagles!!

Harvest Cup Champions!

The “Burlington Unis Lumin Minor Atom AA Eagles” went undefeated and won the annual “Best of the Best” Thanksgiving Hockey Challenge in Georgetown, October 7-10, 2011.

In round-robin play, the Eagles tied the Peterborough Nationals 1-1 and then defeated the Brampton Battalion 5-3 and the Orangeville Flyers 4-3 less than a minute into sudden-death overtime.

 The  Eagles  beat the Georgetown Raiders 3-1 in the semi-finals just two hours before winning the championship game, beating the Mississauga Braves 3-2

Congratulations team, you worked hard and played your best!

The Burlington Mall, Eagles Atom A Team Wins the Empire State Showdown Tournament which took place in Rochester, New York on October 21-23, 2011.

The Burlington Mall, Eagles Atom A team won the 2011- Empire State Showdown Tournament in Rochester, New York. Burlington went undefeated with a 4 and 0 record, and they had an awesome 23 goals for and only 4 goals against during the tournament. The Eagles defeated the Oakville Rangers, Burlington Bulldogs and the Syracuse Blaze on its way to the Championship game. It was an all Burlington showdown between the Eagles and the Bulldogs for the Tournament Championship. The Eagles emerged victorious, with a convincing 5 - 0 win over the Bulldogs in which the Eagles dominated the game and outshot the Bulldogs by a huge margin of 25 to 8. The kids played great and put on a clinic for puck control, forechecking, and team defence. This brings the Eagles to an impressive season record of 19 wins and 1 loss.
During this visit to Rochester, the Eagles were also seen out supporting a former Burlington Eagle Josh Jooris, as he lead his Division 1, Union College team to a win over R.I.T.

North London Tournament Champions

The Vanguard Logistics Burlington Eagles Minor Midget A team won the North London Thanksgiving Classic Hockey Tournament.
The Eagles opened the tournament on Friday October 7th against the Southpoint Capitals, narrowly defeating the Capitals 4 – 3 thanks to a pair of goals from Connor Parnham and loan goals by Michael Murphy and Luke Shipton.
On Saturday October 8th the Eagles were defeated by the West London Hawks 4 - 3, with a pair of goals from Eric Mueller and a single goal by Aaron Smith.
The Saturday afternoon game saw the Eagles bounce back to defeat the home team North London Nationals 3 – 1. Goals scored by Aaron Smith, Michael Willick and Gavin Gaughan.
Semi final playoff action was a battle of wills as the Eagles jumped out to a two nothing lead in the first period to see this evaporated early in the third, falling behind 4 - 2 with 8 minutes remaining. With five minutes remaining in the third period, John Fearon provided the much needed spark to reignite the Eagles to start a flurry of 3 unanswered goals, stunning the Scarborough Young Bruins to come back and win the game with 32 seconds remaining by the second goal of the night by John Fearon. Other Eagles goals scored by Parker Willis, Michael Bates and Connor Parnham.
The Eagles advanced to the Championship game in a rematch with the West London Hawks. In a defensive battle, the Eagles prevailed to win the Championship by a lone goal from Michael Murphy with 8 minutes remaining in the third period. Shutout was earned by Blair Wilkinson.
Congratulations to the Vanguard Logistics Burlington Eagles Minor Midget A Champions!!