Wyatt Tweet has played just one junior hockey game in his career. It came with the Waywayseecappo Wolverines last night as they played the Virden Oil Capitals to end their regular season.
The 15-year-old made a fantastic first impression by scoring his first ever junior goal. Tweet scored at the 11:54 mark of the game as the Wolverines went on to win 6-4.
Wyatt didn't know when he would score his first junior goal, but he's glad he got it off his chest early.
"I was just so nervous and I really had to get the jitters out in warmup so I focused on that and got that done," said Tweet. "I just tried grinding it through every shift and worked as hard as I can."
"Eventually in the second, I just went hard to the net and the puck bounced off my skate and I tapped it in," he added. "It felt awesome. Scoring that goal and seeing all the guys skating towards me was an amazing feeling. You couldn't wipe the smile off my face.”
After the solid performance, Tweet will now return to play for the Major Pratt Trojans. He had a great regular season with the team with 36 points in 23 games. Tweet has added three more points in three playoff games so far.
"I think I've done a really good job of using my speed and aggression and I try to soften up the other team with my physicality," added Tweet. "I also have a really good team around me which helps me a lot."
Tweet and the rest of the Trojans are now in must-win territory. They play game two of their semifinal series tonight against the Hamiota Huskies. If they don't win, the team's season will come to an end.
"We're confident going in that we can win, we've beat them before," he added. "We just have to get pucks behind the defencemen and drive the net. They have good goaltending so we have to screen the goalie and get lots of net traffic."
If you're in the Russell area, the game goes at 8:15.
