PEI Midget AAA Hockey LeagueLATEST NEWS TEAMS STANDINGS SCHEDULE SCOREBOARD SCORING LEADERS GOALIE LEADERS Team Pages Abbies Capitals Falcons Kings Matrix Red Devils Regals League News Teams Player Search League Forum Photo Gallery Submit Photos Past Champions 2009 Playoffs Kyle Gallant Memorial Contacts What do you think about attendance at PEI Midget AAA games this year compared to last season Its gone up Stayed the same Its gone down LEAGUE NEWS Abbies Win Atlantic TitlePosted by adminWednesday August 19 2009Posted 20090329By Raissa Tetanish Amherst Daily NewsTranscontinental MediaAMHERST Last years onegoal loss was a learning lesson for the Charlottetown OK Tire Abbies who hoisted the cup Sunday afternoon as winners of the 2009 Atlantic minor midget AAA hockey championshipAbbies coach Jeff MacDonald called the hockey tournament first class and said his players played phenomenallyThis weekend was an unbelievable experience he said following the 51 win over the St Johns Ernest & Young AAA Defenders in the goldmedal game The community rallied behind all the teams and the host committee was wonderfulOur players played unbelievably and bought into what we wanted them toMacDonald said all four lines played hard all weekend to help reach the goal the team set for themselves back in SeptemberIts nice to fulfill that goal We lost last year by a score of 32 and Im a big believer that you have to take a step backward before you go forward We learned a lot from that loss last year and it was well worth the waitAlthough the tournament host team the Cumberland Bombers was winless over the weekend coach Ken Parrell said he wasnt disappointed in the effort the players put into itYoure playing the best kids in the Maritimes and they all had to win provincial titles to get here he said on SundayWhen youve got the amount of kids across the Maritimes that play midget hockey and to have them all come here its a pretty elite group of kids It was special for all of them that participatedWalter Maltby chair of the tournaments organizing committee praised the committee for the weekend that was experienced by many He called the committee second to noneFinal game summaryn St Johns Lucas Hillier (Justin Anthony David Hickey)n Charlottetown Isaac Murphy (Cole MacMillan Adam Lowther) Conor MacAleer (Adam Lowther) Isaac Murphy (Cole MacMillan Josh Slysz) Dan Dunn (Anthony Cummiskey Tyler Moore) Ben Buchanan (unassisted)n Goaltenders Charlottetown Kyle Craswell St Johns Matthew Walshn MVP St Johns Matthew Walsh PEI Cole MacMillanTournament Awardsn Most Valuable Player Cole MacMillan Charlottetownn Top Scorer Cole MacMillan Charlottetown n Top Forward Paul Comeau ...