Burlington's oldest top-level minor hockey team kept rolling Wednesday, Nov. 11, as the Eagles Under 18 AAA beat Hamilton Steel 4-1 on home ice at Appleby. It was their fifth win in a row.
AAA is the highest tier of minor hockey in Ontario, and under-18 is the last age group before players move on to junior, college or university hockey, so this is the club's most senior team.
The run began right after a 4-3 loss to the London Jr. Knights on Nov. 6. The Eagles then won four games in two days, two of them tournament games away at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex: on Nov. 7 they beat the Soo Jr Greyhounds 5-2 and shut out St Michael's College 5-0, and on Nov. 8 they edged the Ajax Pickering Raiders 3-2 and blanked the Toronto Marlboros 2-0.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 30 | Southern Tier Admirals (away) | Win | 5-2 |
| Nov. 3 | Niagara North Stars (away) | Loss | 7-2 |
| Nov. 6 | London Jr. Knights | Loss | 4-3 |
| Nov. 7 | Soo Jr Greyhounds | Win | 5-2 |
| Nov. 7 | St Michael's College (away) | Win | 5-0 |
| Nov. 8 | Ajax Pickering Raiders | Win | 3-2 |
| Nov. 8 | Toronto Marlboros (away) | Win | 2-0 |
| Nov. 11 | Hamilton Steel (home) | Win | 4-1 |
It is a turnaround from early November. The Eagles won 5-2 on the road against the Southern Tier Admirals on Oct. 30, then lost 7-2 to the Niagara North Stars in Thorold on Nov. 3 before the one-goal loss to London.
Wednesday was a good night across the club. All four Eagles results posted for Nov. 11 were wins, including the Under 15 AAA's 1-0 home win over the Niagara North Stars, also at Appleby.
The under-18s are not the club's hottest team, though. The Under 13 AA Eagles had won seven straight as of their Nov. 9 win. At the other end, the Under 16 AAA team had lost four in a row as of Nov. 3, two of those losses to Hamilton Steel, the same club the under-18s just beat.
