The Ice Dogs Pee Wee AA team travelled to Romeoville this past weekend to take part in a pre-season tournament. The tournament included teams from around Illinois and even as far away as Colorado so there was going to be some tough competition. 

The first game was on Friday against the Huskies Hockey club from Illinois, and they got off to a great start with a win to start the weekend off. The Naperville Sabres were to prove a tough challenge to the Ice Dogs through the weekend beating them in their second game meaning the Ice Dogs needed a win in their last group game to move on to the quarter finals. 

The third and last game took place Saturday evening after some team building at Buffalo Wild Wings. The opponent was the Atlanta Fire and the Ice Dogs rallied with their best game of the pre season to run away with a convincing victory. After some complex mathematics this set up a quarter-final re-match against the Naperville Sabres early Sunday morning at seven bridges ice arena. The game was scrappy with many penalties, and the Ice Dogs were defeated in a close game by a 3-2 margin. 

Overall the weekend was a great success for the Pee Wee AA team, despite not getting to the championship game the boys always fought hard and never let their heads go down. It was a great team building weekend, even though there is a long road ahead the team is moving in the right direction and are looking forward to a very successful season.