The Saugerties Peewee-A Travel Hockey Team won the Can/Am Challenge Cup on Sunday, March 23 in Lake Placid. Players were awarded gold medals on the ’80 Olympic Ice following their 4-2 championship win over the St. Jude Knights of Crestwood, Ill., making the team back-to-back tournament champions in 2013 and 2014.
This year, the team was undefeated in five games and posted wins over teams from Illinois, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. In the tournament’s skills competition, Mustangs goalie Chris Swanson won the goaltender award for most saves in a shootout, while Mustangs forward Randy Dodig won for most penalty shot goals.