JST or UFC?

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Fans were looking forward to the Junior Showcase Tournament, and the players didn't disappoint. 

 

With the JST wrapped up, fans were blessed with seeing some of the brightest young talent on the come up. Goals, saves, dekes, passes - and a lot of fights - were just some of the highlights seen over the 28 game schedule. But day one was a day of fights. 

 

Teams trying to establish themselves? Scare the competition? Well, mission failed. No team, no player backed out in the day one bouts... and there was a ton of them. 

 

Game 1, the opener of the season, started with the Steel and Brigade accumulating 14 fights in 4-2 Steel win. The teams stacked up 280 penalty minutes combined (there's only 60 minutes in hockey game fyi)! It looked like a UFC match with no winner. Steel win the fight? Brigade player starts the next fight. Brigade player wins the fight? Another Steel player was there to give him round 2. It was bloodbath, and these kids parents must have been worried.

 

Game 2 featured the Clue hosting the Royals, and it sure started hot. Clue leading scorer and team MVP, Eldon Escobar, threw the mitts down only 11 seconds in. After 8 more fights, 76 shots and 5 goals, the game ended in a 3-2 Royal win. 

 

The fights slowed down as the tournament progressed but the hype built. The Warriors were crowned S81 JST champions, but no team went out without a FIGHT. 

 

If some of these kids don't make it to the league, Dana White might want to get in contact with them.