JETS MEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!

The Toronto Golden Jets senior men's team traveled to Montreal on the weekend and successfully defended its MLWP and National Championship titles with a pair of dominating performances.
The Jets entered the playoffs as the number one seed and drew Team Saskatchewan as its semi-final opponent on Saturday night.

Team Sask grabbed an early 2-1 lead but four quick unanswered goals propelled the Jets to a 6-1 first quarter lead.  The team stretched the lead to 11-3 at the half before finishing up as 14-6 winners.
Sever Topan led the way with 4 goals while the brothers Tali (Tuna and Emre) recorded hat tricks.  Vlad Tasevski scored twice with singles going to Milos Radojcic and Sukhmun Hare.

The gold medal final Sunday saw the Golden Jets pitted against the Mavs.  The Jets gave up the first goal of the game and then went on a 7-0 run to go up 7-1 by the mid-point of the third quarter led by the lethal outside shooting of Alan Chung.   The Jets widened the gap to 10-3 by the end of the third quarter before finishing up 14-4.

Chung led the way with five goals and Tuna Tali had a hat trick.  Emre Tali and Hare each scored twice with lone goals counted by Mike Chapman and Paul Spooner.
With the wins, the Jets men concluded their second consecutive undefeated season despite losing 9 of 16 players from last year's perfect season squad.

JETS WOMEN FINSIH 4TH AT NATIONALS

The Toronto Golden Jets senior women traveled to Montreal on the weekend to take part in the MLWP Finals/Senior National Championships and came away with a 4th place finish.

The Jets opened up Saturday morning in the quarter finals against Capital Wave (Ottawa).  The team trailed 2-1 after the first quarter but rebounded with a strong second quarter to take a 7-4 lead at the half.  The gap narrowed to 8-7 after three quarters.  The Jets then won the 4th quarter and thereby the game with a 10-8 margin.  Nicole Brown scored a hat trick, Emily Bidinosti and Casey Pottier each netted two goals while Marianne Tout, Ana Miroslavic and Ali Kraft had singles.

Later that afternoon, the Jets played their semi-final match against CAMO Blanc (Montreal), the eventual National Champions.  It was a hard fought contest with the Jets keeping the score close throughout and trailing 6-4 after three quarters.  But the team ran out of gas in the final quarter before succumbing 8-4.  Bidinosti struck twice while Pottier and Miroslavic tallied once.

On Sunday morning the Jets faced off against DDO (Montreal) for the bronze medal.  The score kept being tied after each quarter.  In the final quarter, the Jets scored twice to go up 7-5 at the midway point, got tied, went ahead 8-7 and then gave up two goals in the final minute as DDO won 9-8.  Bidinosti had a hat trick, Brown two goals with singles going to Brittany Sinclair, Pottier and Kraft.

JETS MEN FINISH REGULAR SEASON UNDEFEATED

The Golden Jets senior men swept a doubleheader from Hammer WPC to finish the MLWP regular season unbeaten with 15 wins and 2 ties.  In the opener, the Jets built a big lead early and never looked back cruising to a 16-1 victory.  Alan Chung scored 5 goals, Emre Tali a hat trick, brother Tuna and Som Seif notched a pair each with singles going to Sukhmun Hare, Sever Topan, Paul Spooner and Vlad Tasevski.
In the late game, the game finished close at 6-4.  Milos Radojcic and Tuna Tali scored twice and Chung and Topan had one each.
The unbeaten season left the Jets men in first place overall in the Eastern Conference with a bye into the championship semi-finals on the weekend in Montreal.

JETS MEN REMAIN UNDEFEATED

The second MLWP crossover weekend took place this past weekend, this time at the new Markham Pan Am pool.  All 8 teams converged in the event that saw all 4 Quebec-based teams play all 4 Ontario-based teams.

On Friday night, the league-leading Toronto Golden Jets men took on the second place CAMO (Montreal) Roadrunners and came away with a hard fought 10-8 win.  Sukhmun Hare led all scorers with 5 goals.  Mike Chapman and Alan Chung each scored twice with Milos Radojcic adding the other.    The Jets jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and held that advantage until the end of the 3rd quarter.

The next morning the Jets squared off against DDO (Montreal) doubling up the Devils 14-7.  After the Jets trailed 2-1 early, the team roared back on hat tricks from Chapman and Radojcic.  Emre Tali netted two as did Chung and Hare.  Singles went to Tuna Tali and Paul Spooner.

Later on Saturday, the Jets met Laval.  The Tritons had given the Jets a huge challenge at the Montreal crossover two weeks earlier and did so again leading 3-1, 6-4 and 9-7 after each of the first three quarters.  But the Jets came to life in the final quarter to go ahead 11-10 before Laval tied it up for the eventual 11-11 draw.  Emre Tali, Hare and Chung scored three goals apiece while Tuna  Tali and Vlad Tasevski added singles.

The final game of the weekend on Sunday pitted the Jets against the CAMO Maitres.
After falling behind 5-2 in the first quarter, Hare netted a buzzer beater goal from half pool to breathe life into the Jets.  From there, the Jets stormed back to take a 7-6 half time lead, stretched it to 12-9 after three quarters and finished up with a 4-0 run in the final quarter to win 16-9.  Hare scored four times, Tuna Tali and Chung scored three each while Emre Tali and Tasevski popped two goals apiece and Chapman and Sever Topan chipped in with singles.

With starting goalie Emirhan Ozdemir out with injury, back-up Trevor Robinson, a former MLWP Most Valuable Goalie, stepped in and played outstanding in the nets for the Jets.

The three wins and a tie left the Jets unbeaten through 15 games.

TWO GOLDEN JETS MEN UP FOR UofT HONOURS

Golden Jets all-round players Mike Chapman and Sever Topan have just been named finalists for the University of Toronto's Male Athlete of the Year and Male Rookie of the Year awards respectively.

Chapman is in his 5th and final year at UofT and was captain for the past two years.  In the OUA final, he scored the key goals as UofT won the title.  Though being outsized, Mike also was able to create great offence in the center forward position.

Topan came to UofT as a highly touted prospect from Vancouver,  A former member of Canada's Junior National Team, he quickly established himself as a shut-down center-back with the ability to score goals in bunches.

The Golden Jets wish Mike and Sever the best of luck to win their award!!

  Mike Chapman

Sever Topan

TWO GOLDEN JETS WOMEN UP FOR UofT HONOURS

Golden Jets goalie Breanna Gadzosa and center forward Ali Kraft have just been named finalists for the University of Toronto's Female Athlete of the Year and Female Rookie of the Year awards respectively.

Gadzosa set records for fewest goals allowed in a regular season, in a complete OUA playoff and in the OUA championship game.  She was named as Most Outstanding Goalie in the OUA for the 3rd time in her four year career.  Breanna also has won two awards for academic excellence at UofT.

Kraft became the first ever Southern California female water polo player to attend UofT.  This was a major coup for the UofT recruiting program.  Kraft stepped right into a starting role on the UofT squad and scored regularly throughout the season.

The Golden Jets wish Breanna and Ali the best of luck to win their award!!

Alexandra Kraft

Breanna Gadzosa

JETS MEN SILVER TEAM GET FIRST MLWP WIN

The "Silver Jets", the Toronto Golden Jets' second men's team in MLWP finally broke through with its first victory.  The team went to Hamilton and defeated Hammer WPC 15-13 on the strength of hat tricks from David Rapoport and Marko Vukovic.  James Bickerton, Mohammed Rezk, Stefan Mitic and Stefan Vukovic all scored twice with the final goal going to Marko Avdalovic.  Despite the high scoring affair, goalie Eytan Cerasi made several key saves.  The Silver Jets conclude the season with an away game on Thursday and then a match against the Golden Jets at UofT on Saturday.

JETS 19U BOYS SCORE UPSET WIN AT HOME

It was a dramatic game that saw local rivals Toronto Golden Jets and Mavs 19U boys teams play high intensity water polo right down to the final horn.  The teams were tied 2-2 after the first quarter, 3-3 at the half and 8-8 after three quarters.  They were still deadlocked at 10-10 midway through the final quarter when the Jets scored twice in a minute and then held on for the 12-11 victory.  David Rapoport scored 6 times to lead the charge.  Sukhmun Hare notched 4 goals and Marko Avdalovic and Stefan Vukovic each added one.  This was the second win for the Jets team which is by far the youngest team in the league.

BIDINOSTI LEADS WAY IN LOSING CAUSE

The Toronto Golden Jets senior women played their first ever games at Markham's new Pan Am pool facility on the weekend.  The results were not what the team was looking for.  On Saturday, the team had only one substitute and was handily defeated by the two CAMO (Montreal) teams, Bleu and Blanc.  On Sunday, the teams played rematches and this time the Jets put on a much stronger effort.  Against Bleu in the morning, the Jets came close before losing 12-10.  Emily Bidinosti led the way with 4 goals while Ana Miroslavic, Brittany Sinclair and Nicole Brown each scored twice.
In the afternoon, the Jets succumbed 12-9 to Blanc.  Bidinosti struck for 5 goals, all out of the center forward position scoring on a  side roll, 2 lay out lobs and 2 backhands.  brown had a hat trick and Casey Pottier the other tally.
While not an excuse, the Jets had to play two games a day while the two Montreal squads each played once.  Three Jets players, Sydney MacDougall (out for the season with a shoulder tear) and Marianne Tout (strained shoulder) and Danielle Zanardo (business commitments) were not available which further physically taxed the remaining players.

JETS WOMEN HAVE STRONG ROAD TRIP

The Golden Jets senior women travelled to Montreal and Ottawa for 4 games and came home with an excellent three wins and a loss. 
After a six hour car drive, the undermanned team (including no goalie as school commitments prevented Breanna Gadzosa from arriving until after the game) put up a valiant effort against CAMO (Montreal) Bleu but fell 11-6.  Emily Bidinosti and Ana Miroslavic each scored a hat trick.  Casey Pottier stepped in and did an admirable job in goal stealing passes and making several key saves.
The next morning, the Jets squared off against CAMO Blanc, a team that sported two ex-National Team players.  The game see-sawed throughout but the Jets women found a way to eke out a 12-11 win.  Miroslavic was on fire with 5 goals, Pottier moved back into the field and netted 4 goals while Marianne Tout, Tanya Robinson and Bidinosti scored one apiece.
Later in the day, the Jets built up an early lead and then hung to win 12-10 against DDO.  Pottier, Bidinosti and Miroslavic all netted hat tricks.  Sydney MacDougall scored twice and Ali Kraft had the other.
The team traveled late at night to Ottawa for an early morning encounter with Capital Wave, a team that had beaten and tied the Jets in Toronto earlier in the season.  This time, the Jets returned the favour defeating the Wave 11-6.  The Jets did a great job of spreading the scoring around as Bidinosti, Pottier, Miroslavic, Robinson and Kraft each scored twice.  Tout had the final tally.

GOLDEN JETS MEN SWEEP ON ROAD TRIP

The Toronto Golden Jets senior men's team went to Montreal for four games and swept their opposition in MLWP action.  After driving for 6 hours and missing two players that had to come later due to schoolwork, the Jets got out of their cars, jumped in the pool and defeated the CAMO (Montreal) Roadrunners 9-7.  Tuna Tali led the way with 4 goals, Alan Chung had two and singles went to Milos Radojcic, Emre Tali and Som Seif.

The next morning, the Jets came out on top of Laval 12-10 in a weird contest that saw the Jets build a 5-0 first quarter lead before losing the next two quarters 8-1.  Sukhmun Hare had the hot hand scoring 5 times, Emre Tali notched a hat trick, Chung scored twice and Paul Spooner and Tuna Tali each got one.

Later that second day, the Jets faced off against the CAMO Masters.  The Jets struck early and built a lead they did not relinquish this time, winning 11-7.  The brothers Tali led the way with Tuna netting 4 and Emre 2.  Singles went to Seif, Chung, Hare, Radojcic and goalie Emirhan Ozdemir who scored the rare pool-length shot.

The final game occurred the next morning and saw the Jets men face DDO (Montreal).  The Jets never looked back after falling behind early running up a 21-11 victory.  Chung scored 4 times and Radojcic, Hare and Tuna Tali each had a hat trick.  Vlad Tasevski, Mike Chapman, Emre Tali and Spooner scored once.

JETS 19U BOYS NOTCH FIRST WIN OF NCL SEASON

The Golden Jets 19U boys team, by far the youngest team in the league, had taken its lumps throughout the first third of the NCL season.  However, when the top-ranked Ottawa Titans came to town, the Jets were waiting with three older reinforcements.  The result was a convincing 15-10 upset win as the three freshman UofT players played major roles.  Sukhmun Hare and Sever Topan each scored 6 goals  while goalie Emirhan Ozdemir provided a strong backbone.  Marko Avdalovic added a pair and Matija Babic one to round out the Jets scoring.

In the rematch, center forward Marko Avdalovic was unable to play when he arrived after the start of the game.  League rules prevent players from suiting up after the opening whistle.  Nonetheless, the Jets fought back from a large deficit to tie the game 15-15 in the 4th quarter but fell by a goal on a late penalty shot.  Hare and Topan each scored 4 times as did David Rapoport.  Babic and Saif Nile each had one.

JETS 16U BOYS SHOW CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT

The Golden Jets 16U boys team had a tough weekend at Markham.  The team was scheduled to play the top two teams in the East: CAMO (Montreal) and DDO (Montreal).

Two weeks earlier, the Jets lost by 18 and 17 goals respectively.  However, at the Markham Pan Am pool, the young Jets showed discipline and heart and came away with two moral victories, albeit in a losing cause.

Against CAMO, the Jets played a very respectable 1-2 first quarter, trailed 2-6 at the half and 4-9 after 3 quarters before succumbing 14-5 and halving the goal differential from their previous encounter.  Luka Pejanovic scored twice with singles going to Illan Rodriguez, Kosta Grbic and Victor Brancus.

The Jets began strongly against DDO, actually leading 3-2 midway through the opening quarter.  Eventually the team fell 16-8, again halving the goal differential from their previous encounter.  Denis Lipman has a strong offensive game netting 5 goals to lead the Jets.  Singles went to Stevan Djurdjevic, Pejanovic and Brancus.

JETS WOMEN HAVE GOOD OPENING WEEKEND

The Golden Jets senior women hosted two games each against visiting Capital Wave (Ottawa) and DDO (Montreal) and went 2-1-1.  This was the opening weekend of MLWP play for the Jets women.  The weekend began with a 8-8 tie against Capital Wave.  Nicole Brown led all scorers with 4 goals, Emily Bidinosti notched two and Ana Miroslavic and Sydney MacDougall each scored once. 

The rematch was not a pretty effort and the Jets fell 9-4.  Brown, Miroslavic, Marianne Tout and Ali Kraft scored once apiece.

Next up was DDO.  In the opening contest, Brown proved to be too much for the visitors netting 5 goals.  Bidinosti and Brittany Sinclair scored twice.

The rematch was a thriller with the teams never separated by more than a goal.  The Jets scored late and hung on to win 10-9 to sweep DDO.  Kraft notched 4 goals, Bidinosti and Sinclair two each with Miroslavic and Tanya Robinson both getting one.

SILVER JETS COME CLOSE TO FIRST WIN

The Toronto Golden Jets have two men's teams entered in the MLWP league.  The second team plays under the banner of the Toronto Silver Jets.  The Jets' Silver team is sprinkled with several Grade 11 players and some recreational veterans.  Nevertheless, the Silver team went toe-to-toe with the Mavs before finally falling 12-8.  Stefan Mitic and Mohamed Rezk both scored a hat trick.  Singles went to David Rapoport and Matija Babic. 

LATE GOAL GIVES JETS MEN TIE

Alan Chung scored on a power play with 2 seconds left in the game to give the Golden Jets a 12-12 tie with the Mavs in an away game.  The Jets trailed 7-3 at one point in the second quarter.  Chung led all scorers with 5 goals.  Milos Radojcic, Mike Chapman and Vlad Tasevski each scored twice while Sukhmun Hare had the other tally.