Colby Simmons of the Durango Mites concentrates on a faceoff against Flagstaff in the finals of the Steamers Cup at Chapman Hill. Durango defeated Flagstaff to win the tournament title.
Four more games, four more wins.
Steamers Cup on Jan. 9-10 with a pair of shutouts and four more victories in their undefeated season.
Durango outscored Flagstaff, Taos and Telluride 36-3 to win the Cup.
3 then shut out Flagstaff 11-0 in Sunday's championship game.
Goaltender Jax Bayer earned shutouts in the Steamers' final two games.
Arnwine all had hat tricks in the four-game sweep.
Sakadinsky, Colby Simmons and Nate Foster led the Steamers with two assists each.
One week later, the Durango Steamers won the Telluride Mites Tournament.
11-2 win over the Telluride Lizardheads. Then, Durango topped the Gunnison Blades 13-1.
The Mites will play again Feb. 13 in Gunnison.
Mountain Youth Hockey League games against Gunnison and Kremmling/Oak Creek at Chapman Hill Ice Rink on Dec. 19-20,respectively.
Durango rebounded with a 10-0 result in a scrimmage Saturday against Telluride in its first game of the 2010 schedule.
In their first game against first-place Gunnison, the high school age Midgets lost 7-2.
Connor Coughlan scored both of Durango's goals, and Dane Bier and Ryan Dittmar tended goal.
five-on-three power-play goals and a shorthanded goal to win 3-1.
Coughlan again scored for Durango on an assist from 15-year-old defenseman Austin Mcmenimen.
Bier stopped 32 of 35 shots in the loss.
Durango won its third game 4-3 against the Kremmling/Oak Creek Cattle Kings.
Colin Mackay scored in the first period on an assist from Cory Kerns to tie the game at 1 going into the second period.
The Cattle Kings took the lead at 1:47, but Logan Cole quickly tied it at 2-2 on an assist from Tanner Coughlan.
goal by Nikita Hermesman off a pass from Byron Spitler.
Connor Coughlan scored the unassisted game-winner two minutes later.
Bier made 29 saves in the win.
Durango lost its winning ways in the fourth and final game, losing 8-5 to Kremmling/Oak Creek.
Kerns scored two goals in the final frame - the first assisted by Kyle Horn and Hermesman, the second by Civiletto.
Dittmar had 27 saves on 35 shots.