2007 Mac’s Tournament 
Bronze Medal Game - Pengrowth Saddledome
Calgary Buffaloes 5 - Red Deer Optimist Rebels 2

The Calgary Buffaloes scored a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Monday at the Pengrowth Saddledome to capture their second consecutive bronze medal at the Mac’s Midget Hockey Tournament. Matt Mackay scored twice and added one assist while Player of the Game Brett Switzer had one goal and one assist to lead the Buffaloes, while Chase Schaber and Erik Slemp each found the twine once for the Rebels. Red Deer came out strong in the opening frame, breaking the ice only 1:15 in when Schaber redirected a shot from Slemp. The Rebels dominated the rest of the period, out shooting Calgary 12-3 and taking a 1-0 lead into the dressing room. The Rebels ran into penalty trouble in the second, however, and the Buffaloes made them pay for it. With Calgary on the power play and another Red Deer penalty upcoming, Switzer tied it up on a redirection immediately in front of the goal. The Buffs took the lead exactly two minutes later, just as the ensuing Rebels penalty expired, when Mackay scored his first. Jared Wynia scored the eventual game winner on another Calgary power play on a close-in shot that dribbled through the Red Deer goaltender and just across the line. Ian Schultz put Calgary up 4-1 early in the third before Slemp scored a pretty shorthanded goal on a breakaway to draw the Rebels within two. It was not enough, however, and Schaber iced it with an empty netter. After being dominated 12-3 in the shots category in the first period, Calgary held the Rebels to a total of 11 shots in the final two frames to hold the edge 26-23.

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL - Pengrowth Saddledome

Notre Dame Hounds 5 - Russia Severstal 4

The Notre Dame Hounds completed a clean sweep of the Mac’s Tournament titles Monday, defeating the Russia Severstal club team 5-4 at the Pengrowth Saddledome. The men’s title complements the female division title captured by the Hounds Friday night. Goaltender Mathieu LaRochelle – named to the tournament all-star team before the final – was spectacular in goal for Notre Dame, particularly in the third period as he made a big glove stop on Sergey Chvanov and then stoned Evgeni Mons on a breakaway to preserve the victory for the Hounds. Patrick Sitko broke a 4-4 tie at 14:43 of the third when he slid a pass from James Henry under Russian goaltender Sergey Shchukin. Tournament MVP Rylan Schwartz drew the other assist on the game winner after spearheading the rush up-ice – ending the game with three points and the Player of the Game award. Sitko’s goal sent a partisan Saddledome crowd of 5,820 into a frenzy. It looked for much of the game as if Notre Dame would walk away with the championship title, but Severstal came back from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game early in the third period, setting the stage for Sitko’s heroics.