T&T men qualify for Indoor W/Cup
Monday, December 12th 2005
The Trinidad and Tobago men's hockey team could not contain their elation when the final whistle was blown in their semi-final match against the USA at the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Third Indoor Pan American Cup last Saturday in Ontario, Canada. T&T'S 5-4 extra-time victory ensured them of qualification for the 2007 Indoor Hockey World Cup to be held in Austria.
The Trinidad and Tobago men's hockey team qualified for the 2007 Indoor Hockey World Cup to be held in Austria when they defeated the USA Saturday evening.
The victory was by a margin of 5-4 and came in extra time of the semi-final match of the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Third Indoor Pan American Cup that concluded yesterday in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
However, the T&T men lost in a close battle in the final against hosts Canada 5-3.
On Saturday evening in the game against the USA, the match was tied 4-4 at the end of regulation time before Trinidad and Tobago's Dwayne Quan Chan netted the winner.
Earlier Alan Young, Dillett Gilkes, Raphael Govia and Wayne Leggerton had been the T&T goalscorers.
And with their dreams of qualifying for the World Cup dashed, the T&T women went on to clinch third spot in the PAHF tournament with a 8-0 drubbing of Venezuela.
Nicole Aming and Christin Thompson both scored doubles, while Yesenia Luces figured prominently with a hat-trick aand Christina Abreu notched the other item for the Trinidad and Tobago women.
When it rains it pours.