IceDogs Entertain on Family Day
The Niagara IceDogs held their annual Family Day Skate & Skills Competition this afternoon in front of over 1500 fans, which pitted Team Nedeljkovic vs. Team Dhillon. Fans took to the ice to skate with the IceDogs as the day opened up at the Meridian Centre. The IceDogs would then take part in several events throughout the day, including: a puck control relay, fastest skater, breakaway challenge, shooting accuracy, hardest shot, and an elimination shootout. The event would be closed out with a 3 on 3 game as well.
Highlight’s of the event included Graham Knott’s stellar display of shooting in the accuracy contest, and Blake Siebenaler flying around the ice like a speeding bullet in the fastest skater competition. However, Aleksandar Mikulovich may have stole the show today by recording the hardest shot, winning the breakaway challenge (with a Nick Pastorious impersonation), and outlasting his teammates in the elimination shootout.
In the end it would be Team Dhillon taking home the trophy this year with a 19-14 victory.
Winning results:
Puck Control Relay – Team Nedeljkovic (Stephen Harper, Graham Knott, Josh Wesley, Hayden Davis)
Fastest Skater (Individual) – Blake Siebenaler (15.05 seconds)
Fastest Skater (Team) – Team Dhillon (Vince Dunn, Ben Jones, Willy Lochead)
Fastest Goalie – Alex Nedeljkovic (3.06 seconds)
Breakaway Challenge (Individual) – Aleksandar Mikulovich (59/60)
Breakaway Challenge (Team) – Team Dhillon (Josh Ho-Sang, Tyler Boston, Aleksandar Mikulovich, RyanMantha)
Shooting Accuracy (Individual) – Graham Knott (4/4)
Shooting Accuracy (Goalie) – Tie
Shooting Accuracy (Team) – Team Nedeljkovic (Brendan Perlini, Stephen Harper, Graham Knott, Anthony DiFruscia)
Hardest Shot (Individual) – Aleksandar Mikulovich (99 mph)
Hardest Shot (Team) – Team Dhillon (Ryan Mantha, Aleksandar Mikulovich, Jordan Maletta)
Elimination Shootout (Individual) – Aleksandar Mikulovich (scoring in 3 straight rounds)
Elimination Shootout (Team) – Team Dhillon (Ben Jones, Vince Dunn, Jordan Maletta, Tyler Boston, Willy
Lochead, Ryan Mantha, Johnny Corneil, Josh Ho-Sang, Aleksandar Mikulovich)
The Niagara IceDogs organization would like to thank RBC for sponsoring the Family Day Skate, and Swiss Chalet at Fourth and Vansickle for presenting the skills competition and hosting the team’s dinner.
