Jr. Isles Advance to Semis at Mac's AAA Tournament

The New York Jr. Islanders U18 team advanced to the semifinals of the Mac's AAA Midget Hockey Tournament in Calgary, AB.
The Jr. Isles beat the Calgary Buffaloes 4-1 in quarterfinal action on Sunday. They'll play the Regina Pats in the semis at 6 p.m. mountain time (8 p.m. eastern).
The Jr. Isles were the only American team to advance to the quarterfinals after posting a 2-0-2 record in preliminary play. They beat Prince Albert 2-0 and the Greater Vancouver Canadians 6-5 and tied Okotoks 3-3 and Lethbridge 1-1.

"We're kind of a foreign team for everyone, because we're from the east and we're a U.S. team. We're here to win. We're not just here to be a participant," Jr. Isles head coach and midget director Bob Thornton told the Calgary Sun. "So if we win it, we'll be very happy. We've won two tournaments already this year back east, and we're here as an experienced team."
Spence Evans leads the team in scoring with five assists in four round-robin games.
The Mac's tournament featured 25 teams from across the United States, Canada as well as Belarus.
Click here to read the Calgary Sun article about the Jr. Isles.
Click here to learn more about the Macs AAA tournament.
JR ISLES U18 ROSTER:
| FORWARDS | | --- | | NAME | NUMBER | | MATTHEW AMANTE | 77 | | ANTHONY BERNARDO | 8 | | TOMMY CONDON | 10 | | ROCCO DICOSTANZO | 51 | | JAKE LANYI | 17 | | MICHAEL LEVA | 20 | | MATTHEW MINERVA | 71 | | CHRIS MOTT | 37 | | JACK O'LEARY | 7 | | JON OLSEN | 91 | | NICK SEITZ | 6 | | BRYAN VAN NESS | 16 |

| DEFENSE | | --- | | NAME | NUMBER | | MATTHEW CASTILLO | 27 | | MICHAEL COSTELLO | 18 | | LIAM DONELAN | 4 | | SPENCE EVANS | 5 | | JACK GOODMAN | 55 | | ROMEO TORAIN | 2 |

| GOALIES | | --- | | NAME | NUMBER | | ANTHONY AURELIANO | 33 | | JACOB ZACHAREWICZ | 39 |