AMHERST - The Tri-Town Pee Wees skated to a 4-1 win over Palisades Sunday to capture the Tier III New York state U12 championship. Tri-Town finished the tournament with an unblemished 5-0 mark.

Drew Rose opened the scoring for the Timberwolves at the 8:46 mark of the opening period with an assist given to netminder Rico DiMatteo.

Will Arquiett netted Tri-Town’s second goal with assists to Wyatte Roberts and Eli Kocsis at the 9:08 mark of the middle period and Andrews Lantry, with a shot taken while he was on his knees, scored with 3:40 left in the period to give the Timberwolves a three-goal lead.

Palisades broke Dimatteo’s shutout bid with 5:15 to go in the contest, but it would be the Predators lone goal. Lantry sealed the win on a play set up by Arquiett and Rose with 50 seconds left in the game.

DiMatteo recorded another penalty shot stop in the title game.

The Tri-Town Pee Wees will be back on the ice next weekend when they head to Shelton, Conn., for the national regionals.

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