Richmond Minor Hockey Association’s Midget C1 Blues rolled to five consecutive victories to capture the always tough Seafair Ice Break Tournament over the weekend.
This popular event attracts teams from across BC – with nine of the 12 entries coming from outside of the Lower Mainland. Each of the travel teams are allowed two over-age players — making this quite a battle for the younger local teams.
The Blues reached the playoffs with round-robin wins over Saanich, West Kelowna and Penticton. In the semi-finals, they met a team from Lumby. The locals took a 3-0 lead into the late stages of the third period when Lumby struck for a pair of quick goals to make things interesting. Richmond held on for the win, then skated to an impressive 3-0 triumph over a strong and undefeated team from Vernon in the championship game.
The Blues’ roster includes Mathew Ast, Andy Cheung, Jack Dean, Josh Hawthorne, Stephen Holhweg, Craig Johnston, Shaunvir Kalair, Arian Khayam, Justin Kucheran, Tristan Mah, Tommy Ngyuen, Braxton Nomura, Alex Ounpuu, Connor Pulis, Cole Watt, Matthew Wong, and Tyler Yan.
The coaches are Tom Johnston, Ray Mah and Arthur Wong.
