Allsports gives Congradulations to the Orangeville Northmen, Minto Cup Champions

So if you have been following sports news or sports on the web here in Southern Ontario, you will be aware by now that the Orangeville Northmen have repeated as Minto Cup Champions.

This is a large accomplishment for the young men on the Northmen because it is hard enough to will the cup once, but winning it for a second consecutive year is a feat that they should be quite proud of. They proved again Sunday night that they were the best team. Brampton put up a gutsy fight but in the end the Northmen proved to be the superior team. Proving that their come from behind series win in the eastern final was no fluke.

The final score in Sunday’s game was Orangeville 8, Brampton 4. The Owen Sound connection of  Adam Jones and Matt MacLeod proved to be to much for the Brampton boys to handle and ulitmately swung the Minto Cup final series in the Northmen’s favor. Those two players aside it was a great team effort by Orangeville.

They played a great bend but not break defensive game Sunday, not allowing the Brampton offence much in the way of penatration. When they did on occasion, Nick Rose was there to stop the attempt. Rose also deserves special mention stopping 42 of 46 shots in the victory,  putting an exclaimation point on his junior career. I am sure his father, Tony was looking down from above with pride.

Although hard as it may be for the Brampton boys to accept right now, they played their hearts out and can hold their heads high even in defeat. They gave the Northmen all they could handle and every game these two teams played against one another was a knock down drag em out affair. Allsports would like to give special mention to Kyle Rubisch who in allsports eyes, is the best junior aged defensive player in the country.

To prove the point Rubisch was assigned the task of handling Adam Jones. He did a great job for the most part but there were three occasions where Rubisch was not on the floor when Jones was and Jones made the most of the opportunity by scoring twice.

In closing allsports would like to thank the members of both teams for an exciting and well played series. There were no losers here, the boys gave it their best with some great lacrosse action. The 2009 Minto Cup in Brampton was a huge success and the fans were entertained with some great lacrosse.

“No Guts No Glory”

Walt Webb

P.S. A special thanks to Denis and Becky Pellerin for there photographic additions to allsports posts. Denis, as I have said before, has a great knack for capturing the moment. You can see all of his great shots at Pellerins Photography.

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