Last Friday, the Rosemount Peewee AA team and their fans loaded the bus and headed north for a weekend up north.   With November temperatures in the mid 50's, it was a perfect weekend for a bus ride north to play some hockey in the 218 and across the border into Superior, Wisconsin.  The Irish departed Friday headed north and crossed over to Wisconsin for an evening match-up with Superior.  After playing Superior, the Irish journeyed back to west on Highway 2 for a Saturday clash with Grand Rapids.  On Sunday, the tour headed south with scheduled stops in Crosby and Brainerd for games  with the Northern Lakes Lightning and Brainerd Warriors before making their way back to Rosemount.  The Irish would go 3-1 on this trip outscoring their opponents 27 to 11 with Grand Rapids being the only blemish of the weekend.

The Friday and Saturday portion of this trip would give the Irish mixed results.  In their Friday match-up with Superior they would have no problem lighting the lamp as they skated away with a 10-1 win.  On Saturday, the Thunderhawks were not as gracious of hosts as Superior was the the night before.  Grand Rapids rung up seven goals in this one and skate to a 7-3 win leaving the Irish 1-1 on this road trip after day two.

On Sunday, the Irish first stop was in Crosby for a morning game with the Northern Lakes Lightning.  A hat trick by Zach Sweitzer and a stretch of nine unanswered goals by the Irish would lead to a 11-1 win.  The Irish started this game with two quick goals to put the Lightning back on their heals.  Joe Slepica's goal midway through the first cut the Irish lead to 2-1 and gave the Lighting a chance.  However, Tevor Brumm's two late first period goals would start a run of nine straight Irish goals allowing them to skate to a 11-1 win. 

After a break for lunch, the Irish loaded the bus and headed west on Highway 210 for their last stop.  The Irish were looking for more Sunday success after defeating Northern Lakes, meanwhile Brainerd was looking to salvage a win after losing to Bemidji in their morning match-up.  Zach Bady's two first period goals gave the Irish a two goal lead after the first period.  Brainerd's Haden Kruse unassisted second period goal would cut the lead to 2-1.  The teams woul trade goals in the third and the Irish hung on for a 3-2 win in a well played game by both teams.