JETS MEN FINISH FIRST IN MLWP REGULAR SEASON

The Golden Jets senior men won their last two games of the season to move into first place in MLWP's Eastern Conference.

In the Jets' penultimate regular season game, the team traveled to face the Mavs and started well with a 3-0 first quarter lead.  The Jets extended the lead to 7-2 at the half and 11-4 after three quarters before eventually winning 14-6.

Rudy Despaigne (pictured, #2) led the way with five goals followed by Daniel Ugray with four, Alan Chung three and Euan Scoffield two.

The Jets then finished at home against the club's second team (Silver Jets) with a 14-1 victory.

Sukhmun Hare, Paul Spooner, Tuna Tali, Chung and Scoffield each scored twice while Matt Hart, Milos Radojcic, Emirhan Ozdemir and Ugray notched one apiece.

With the two wins, the two-time defending National Champion

Jets slipped by the Montreal Roadrunners by two points and will be the #1 seed at the National Finals to be played in Montreal this weekend.  The top seed provides the Jets men with a bye into the semi-finals.

JETS MEN SWEEP HOME AND HOME WITH HAMMER

The Golden Jets senior men's team swept a home and home series with Hammer WPC winning 18-4 at home and then 19-3 in Hamilton.

In the home game, the Jets jumped out to a commanding 6-0 first quarter lead and then extended it to 10-0 at the half.  Rudy Despaigne and Daniel Ugray paced the attack with five goals apiece.  Mike Chapman counted a hat trick and Tuna Tali added two.  Single markers went to Sever Topan, Sukhmun Hare and Euan Scoffield.

The return match in Hamilton went much the same way as the Jets surged out to a 7-0 first quarter lead and led 12-1 at the half.  Ugray again popped in five goals, Milos Radojcic notched four while Despaigne chipped in with a hat trick.  Topan, Tali and Alan Chung each scored twice and Scoffield added another single.

The wins allowed the Jets to keep pace with Montreal CAMO Roadrunners in the race for first place.  The Jets trail the Roadrunners by one point but have a game in hand.

JETS SILVER MEN END SEASON ON WINNING NOTE

The second Golden Jets men's team in MLWP won its final game of the season on the road by defeating Hammer WPC 10-7 in Hamilton.

Missing a couple of key players and having only two substitutes, the Jets fell behind 3-0 before the opening quarter was half over.  The team then pulled itself together and gradually worked away at the deficit before tieing the game 6-6 early in the third quarter.

Marko Avdalovic (pictured with ball) led the way with a hat trick, Stefan Mitic, Zach Ginsberg and Stefan Vukovic each scored twice while William Qiu added the other tally.

The three wins marks the most ever by the Jets second team in a season.  Congratulations!!

JETS SILVER MEN WIN FIRST TWO GAMES OF SEASON

The second Toronto Golden Jets men's team in the national league (MLWP), the Toronto Silver Jets, waited until near the end of the season to win its first two games, both at home at UofT.

Against Hammer (Hamilton), the Jets quickly jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening quarter. Hammer closed to within one to start the second quarter but the Jets countered with five goals to lead 9-4 at the half. The final was 17-8.

David Rapoport (pictured above) and Sinisa Savic each had four goals with hat tricks going to Vlada Misic and Zach Ginsberg. Marko Avdalovic, Stefan Mitic and Bence Ugray tallied one apiece.

A week later, the Silver Jets hosted the 4th place Mavs. The Jets surprised and led 2-1 after the first quarter. The Mavs rallied with three unanswered goals to go ahead 3-2 but the Jets tied it up just before half time. The Jets then played an outstanding third quarter winning it 3-0 to lead 6-3 before winding up the victory 7-4.

Rapoport led the way again with three goals and Savic added a pair. Mitic and Stefan Vukovic notched singles in the win.

JETS U16 BOYS PLAY TOUGH AGAINST MONTREAL SQUADS

The Golden Jets U16 national league team lost twice but played tough against the powerhouses from Montreal. The Jets fell behind CAMO 11-5 before running off four unanswered goals in the 3rd quarter but ended up 14-11 down at the end.
Petar Kovacevic led the way with four goals. Luka Pejanovic and Damek Khan-Bougie notched hat tricks while Illan Rodriguez had the other marker.

The Jets then fell 12-6 to first place DDO Black in a see-saw game that saw the Jets lose 5-0 in the first quarter, run off three unanswered goals in the second to close to 5-3 before losing 5-0 in the 3rd quarter.
Pejanovic had a hat trick, Khan-Bougie a pair and Greg Fritz-Nemeth a single tally.
Then in a show of good sportsmanship, both teams got together for a group photo after the game. Good to see!

JETS WOMEN SPLIT WITH HAMMER TO END SEASON

The Toronto Golden Jets senior women finished up the MLWP regular season with a win and a loss against Hammer WPC. In the home half of the home-and-home weekend series, the Jets gained a 11-9 victory on the strength of hat tricks from Ali Kraft (pictured below) and Ana Miroslavic.

Megan MacCormac and Nicole Brown each scored twice while Brittany Sinclair added the other.

In the away game, the Jets fought gamely by came up a goal short losing 7-6. Kraft had two markers while MacCormac,Sinclair, Miroslavic and Emily Kelvin-Davies scored once apiece.

JETS U19 BOYS FINISH SECOND

The Golden Jets U19 boys team ended the national league regular season in second place in the Eastern Conference with 45 points. The Jets put on a spurt at the end of the season to pass DDO Black by three points.

The second place finish means the Jets will have a winner-take-all game against first place CAMO to begin the playoffs in order to qualify straight to the national final four.