JETS WOMEN 4th NATIONALS

The Golden Jets women played valiantly at the National Championships and came away with a 4th place finish.

In the semi-finals, the Jets surprised eventual national champion Team Saskatchewan by jumping out to an early 3-1 first quarter lead.  But Team Sask came back with four unanswered goals in the second quarter to gain a lead they would never relinquish, eventually prevailing 7-5.  Shae Fournier and Nicole Brown each scored twice and Ana Miroslavic added a single.

In the bronze medal game, the Jets faced off against last year's national champions CAMO (Montreal) and never got untracked though the Jets did score the most goals they had all season against CAMO in losing 13-8.  Fournier led the way with a hat trick while single tallies came from
Rhianna Wood, Tanya Robinson, Julie Szpara, Brittany Sinclair and Miroslavic.

Starting goalie Rachael Jaffe had a strong game against Team Sask and a strong first half against CAMO before giving way to fellow keeper Daniela Freeman.

JETS MEN NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!

The Toronto Golden Jets senior men won the National Championship title with a 4-3 win over the Mavs. It is the third championship in the last four seasons to go along with last year's silver medal finish.

The Jets fell behind 2-0 in the first quarter and 3-1 at the half as the offence couldn't get untracked. The Jets then scored the only goal of the third quarter on a Tuna Tali penalty shot to trail by one entering the final frame. The teams traded chances throughout the first half of the fourth quarter until Euan Scoffield tied it up on a power play with two and a half minutes to go. Then Milos Radojcic powered a long distance shot in with 44 seconds remaining to lift the Jets to the gold medal.

Scoffield scored twice to add to the singles by Tali and Radojcic.

Scoffield was named the tournament MVP. Goalie Emirhan Ozdemir was named the league's best goaltender and coach George Gross, Jr. was named the recipient of the William Shaw Award as best coach.

In the semi-final a day earlier, the Jets fell behind B.C. Storm 3-0 but out scored their opponents 10-2 the rest of the way including five unanswered goals to start the fourth quarter to win 10-5.
The quarterfinal match saw the Jets give up the first and only goal they would enroute to a 12-1 win over Hammer WPC (Hamilton).

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN FOR A GREAT JOB!!!