The Weyburn Bantam AA Crescent Point Wings placed sixth out of 16 AAA teams from across North America this past weekend at the Medicine Hat Challenge AAA Bantam Hockey Tournament.

Coach Murray Benson and assistant coach Lionel Pouliot were pleased with the accomplishments of the Crescent Point team.

"We came up against some of the top AAA programs in western Canada and the U.S., to capture sixth place out of 16 teams was just unbelievable. The players came up big all weekend," said Murray Benson

The first game against the Phoenix Firebirds of Arizona saw a 5-5 tie. Brent Benson, the game's MVP, fired a hat trick and an assist during his first game. Brandon McClarty had one goal and one assist, while Kody Thue sniped a single goal. Single assists went to Ashton Sautner, John Cugnet, Garret Walbaum, Carter Struthers and Derrick Pouliot. Codi Sjostrand picked up the tie between the pipes.

Game two put the Bantam Wings against the Coquitlam Chiefs from British Columbia. Weyburn outshot the Coquitlam team 36-23 with a final score of 4-2 in favour of Weyburn.

The game MVP went to Cody "Mad Dog" Miller. Brent Benson score one goal and three assists, Tayler Balog had a goal and a single assist and Pouliot picked up a single goal. Nate Ferris took the win in goal.

Game three saw Weyburn battle hard to light the lamp, but they surrendered a shutout to the South Gate Lions of Edmonton. Codi Sjostrand received the MVP for his effort and game play.

Game four was against the hometown Medicine Hat Hounds, where Weyburn picked up a 7-4 win. Ferris complemented the win between the goal posts by stopping 30 of 34 shots on net.

Pouliot, the game's MVP, had two goals and one assist along with Miller lighting the lamp twice with one assist. Single goals also went to McClarty and Brent Benson as well as Dayton Picard picking up a goal and an assist.

Single assists went to Benson, Balog and Ferris. A pair of assists were captured by Casey Pirio and Thue. This brought Weyburn second in their pool with two wins, one loss and one tie - which advanced the team to the B-side final game against the Airdrie Extreme of Alberta.

After 60 minutes of end-to-end playing action. Weyburn unwillingly came up short and surrendered an 8-4 loss against the Airdrie team. Weyburn welcomed back co-captain Reid Jackson, who was back from the injury list.

"This group of players are truly special. We played without injured co-captain Reid Jackson all weekend except for the final, but the other defencemen stepped up and did excellent. We proved we could play at this level of competition," said Murray Benson.

Brent Benson scored the two opening goals and had one assist. Pouliot kept Weyburn in contention with two goals and one assist. Balog, the game's MVP, tallied two assists and Miller mustered four assists. Codi Sjostrand was in goal for the Wings.