On November 13-15, 2009 the Oakridge Aeros Bantam Tier 1 team participated in the Strathroy Olympics.  The format consisted of a round robin leading to a gold and bronze medal game on the Sunday.  Strathroy, Tillsonburg, Essex and North were the other teams in our division.  We played well enough to win game one 4-2 over Essex.  Game two against North resulted in a 1-0 victory.  The team then faced a solid Strathroy team whose hard work and discipline earned them a 3-0 victory over us.

Game four was crucial.  We faced Tillsonburg who had soundly beaten us in a previous tournament. The game was an opportunity to step up and redeem ourselves.  The team played hard in the first period but fell behind 2-0.  Undaunted the guys came out flying in the second.  Perry opened up the scoring on a goal assisted by Nick and Mike.  Mike then added the tying goal on a pass from Tyler.  Thomas then gave us the go ahead goal with Garret assisting.  The team pulled together defensively and held off Tillsonburg in the third to win the game and secure a spot in the Gold Medal Final against Strathroy.

Solid performances by our goalies, Mat and Austin, kept us in the competition.
Strathroy saw a different Oakridge Team in the final.  Everyone contributed in a solid team effort.  Perry opened the scoring in the first period with Matt assisting.  Strathroy responded with a power play goal in the second.  The third period resolved nothing and into overtime we went.  Mat Staikos was solid in goal to give us the opportunity to win. On the first shift of the extra period defenseman Jordan took control of the puck and rushed deep into the offensive zone.  His drive to get the puck to the front of the net resulted in a bounce off a defender's leg with the puck ending up behind the goalie securing the gold medal for Oakridge.

Congratulations to: Goalies:  Austin, Mat, Players:  Jordan, Jason, Mitchell, Jake, Dylan, Tyler, Keifer, Mike, Ryan, Thomas, Garret, Nick, Matt, Daniel and Perry.