Oakridge Aeros Minor Atom A team crowned CHAMPIONS at the 2008 Ace Bailey Memorial Tournament!!!! The first game of the weekend at the Ace Bailey Memorial Tournament in Stoney Creek was a hard fought battle against Whitby Wildcats with Oakridge winning 2-0.  Not wanting the parents to feel bored at the rink the minor atoms trailed the Guelph Storm 0-2 after 2 periods for their second game but dug deep and won 3-2!  After a minor scheduling change that saw us meet the host Stoney Creek Jr. Warriors in game 3, the game was back and for the first period but again the Aeros, led by the Head coach Shayne Thournout and assistants Ben Weir and Bryan Skrypnyk and trainer Paul Graham, pulled away with a 7-3 victory, and a first place finish in their pool to move to the semi finals.  The semi finals had us facing the Lorne Park Ojibwa's.  With the crazy overtime format, that went on for almost 25 minutes past regulation, was a back and forth contest when the 3rd one on one match up came down to the wire but had with the win for the Aero's send them to the finals against the Oshawa Generals!  Their first championship game of the season was a PHYSICAL battle to say the least, as every person that witnessed the game will attest to!  With the 2nd period ending with a 1-1 tie the Aeros dug deep and battled with many chances and our trademark posts!  The boys battled through a 5 minute man down situation in the last 6 minutes of the game to hold onto their 3-1 victory!  Hard work and grit made for some amazing hockey by these fifteen 9 year olds!  WAY TO GO BOYS!