Champs

CHAMPS - The Amherst Knights' Bantam Minor "AAA" hockey team, coached by Sean Green, won the 38th annual Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament in Wayne's hometown of Brantford, Ont. on Dec. 30. The Knights went undefeated in round-robin play. They then beat the Don Mills Flyers, 3-1, in the semifinals and the Brantford 99ers, 5-2, in the finals. Pictured is the team with legend Walter Gretzky, Wayne's father, including: first row, left: Peter Brooks, Jake Kreuz, Matt Mahony, Max Slick, Ty Gallagher, Cole Weppner, Chris Potter, Brandon Mueller; second row - coach Sean Green, coach Joe Sheeran, Bread Ferrell, Sean Brown, Joe Mitchell, Nolan Sheeran, Dimitri Koutsomitis, Tyler Green, Nick Kowalski, Rick Sacco George Scouras, coach Eric Reich and Butch Kreuz.