Capitals take consolation at Fargo

By Josh Linehan
Capital Journal Staff
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 - 12:34:58 am CST

FARGO, N.D. — The championship game got played a little early at the Fargo hockey tournament over the weekend.

The Pierre Capitals and the TC Wessy’s Boys out of St. Paul hooked up in the dreaded early morning game. But die-hard rink rats were rewarded with a doozy of a game.

The teams battled back and forth to a four-all tie at the end of regulation.

“It really was a great game. We scored one, they came back. We scored two, they came back,” Pierre coach Rob Kittay said. “We played a four-on-four overtime, and we were still tied. And then we went to a three-man shootout, and they were able to get a penalty shot.”

After falling by an official score of 5-4 in the shootout, the Caps rebounded to win their next two game to win the consolation trophy.

Pierre stopped Langdon, N.D., 5-0 and then trounced Mayport, 9-0.

“Against Langdon, we played pretty well. It was a fast game,” Kittay said. “Against Mayport, we just outmanned them a little bit, but we had the guys working on some things we need to improve before our next games.

“The scoring was pretty well spread around, and we played pretty good defense in giving up five goals over three games,” he said.

Pierre’s next seven games all figure to be against quality opponents, and include important league games.

The Caps are on the road next weekend when they play at Brookings on Saturday night and at Watertown on Sunday morning. Brookings and Watertown are each 3-2 in SDAHA play and have split a pair of games with each other.

Pierre then travels to Minneapolis for a tournament before returning for its first home league action against Brookings on Jan. 2-3.

“The next seven games are going to be tough,” Kittay said. “With Brookings and Watertown splitting, and us at 3-0, we have an opportunity to put ourselves in a good position.”

The Capitals, who played a few men down due to ACT testing over the weekend, figure to be back to full strength for the league games this weekend.

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6 comment(s)

Another Hockey Parent wrote on Dec 30, 2009 8:11 AM:

" This is a group of kids, parents and coaches from Pierre & Ft. Pierre that are working towards 1 goal.

1. Playing hockey & having fun doing it.

Our JV team is undefeated this year and has only let 4 pucks in their net!! Awesome

Come out and support our hockey teams this weekend.

Jan 2, 2010 at 6:15 the JV plays Brookings. 8:30 Varsity plays Brookings

Jan 3, 2010 at 12 noon JV rematch vs Brookings. 2:15 Varsity rematch with Brookings.

Call them what you want. I call them DEDICATED. "

hockey parent wrote on Dec 29, 2009 12:48 PM:

" My kids play hockey. They have teammates from Pierre and Ft. Pierre. They are the Oahe Capitals and proud of it. True, most of the players are from Pierre, but then most of the population is in PIerre. There are also quite a few players who live in Ft. Pierre, but go to school in PIerre & vis a vis, so it is very inclusive of both towns. This is one organization which really doesn't see a division based on where you live. These people work and play together regardless of schools or towns. Attitudes are checked at the door. "

Hockey fan wrote on Dec 15, 2009 3:18 PM:

" Well, according to that, they're the "Oahe Capital's" which I'm pretty sure isn't correct.

Either way, nice weekend for the Caps. "

FYI wrote on Dec 15, 2009 3:05 PM:

" According to their own website, it's Oahe Capitals. Go to oahehockey.org and check it out! "

Hockey fan wrote on Dec 15, 2009 2:33 PM:

" They're listed as the Pierre Capitals on the league Web site at pointstreak.com. Good enough for me. "

FYI wrote on Dec 15, 2009 8:22 AM:

" For what it's worth the team isn't the Pierre Capitals - they are the Oahe Capitals. Young men & women from both Pierre and Ft. Pierre play on Capitals teams.

Go Caps! "

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