Richmond Midget C3 Blues finished the season on a high note for its graduating seniors by capturing the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association's Presidents League Blue Group Playoff championship game in dramatic fashion.
The Blues edge rival Richmond C1 2-1 in overtime. The Blue Group was the top seeded teams in the "C" division.
The season series was extremely competitive, with each team winning two games and the other ending in a tie. Richmond C3 held a slight advantage, with a win over C1 in the Richmond Tournament. So the banner game was for the season's bragging rights! Richmond C1 got on the scoreboard first, with a goal by Tyler Georgelin. The score remained that way until Colton Rodger put Richmond C3 on even terms with just six minutes remaining in regulation time.
Richmond C1 held the advantage in play early in the overtime period, but goalie Danica Lum stood tall in nets for Richmond C3. With just 17.6 seconds left, captain Kevin Coates sent a brilliant pass to spring Matthew Lee for the breakaway goal and the win.
Richmond C3 team members also include Ryan Kollmuss, Evan Braun, Emerson Chan, Ryley Hamson, Sam Kiang , Justin Kucheran, Ryan Molina, Shawn Purewal, Sebastian Robitaille, Jinder Sandhar, Nick Seto, Chris Sipsas, Jerry So and Conph Zhi.
The team is coached by Jim Seto, Roger Hamson, Yu-Zhi Kiang and the team manager is Lily Hamson.
