U15A Junior Lakers Dominate Markham-Stouffville Stars Fest

The U15A Junior Lakers began their 2024/25 season at the Markham-Stouffville Stars Fest from September 6-8, 2024. 

The U15A team needed to finish in first or second overall coming out of round robin play to earn a birth to the championship game in a tough 5 game round robin format. 

To open the tournament the U15A Junior Lakers took on the Michigan Metro Junior Jets where they skated to a convincing 7-0 win. In game two the Jr.Lakers faced the host in a closer match-up earning a 2-1 victory over Markham. 

On day two the Jr.Lakers would earn a convincing 5-1 victory over the Scarborough Sharks, before defeating the Toronto Leaside Wildcats 7-0. These two victories on Saturday would earn the U15A team a place in the championship game with one round robin game left to play Sunday morning.

On Sunday morning, the Jr.Lakers would start the day vs the Whitby Wolves where they earned a 5-0 win to round out the round robin portion of the tournament with a 5-0-0 record. The Junior Lakers out scored their opponents 26-2 as they headed into the championship game. 

In the Gold Medal Game, the Junior Lakers once again faced the Toronto Leaside Wildcats. The Wildcats only loss of the round robin portion of the tournament came from the North Bay squad. In the Championship Game, the Junior Lakers controlled the play earn on and went on to take home the championship banner after another 7 goal performance. North Bay would earn a 7-1 win over the Toronto Leaside Wildcats to earn the NBDGHA's first gold medal of the season.