The Greater Vancouver Canadians will be looking to extend their season in Kelowna this weekend.
The Canadians take on the Okanagan Rockets in a B.C. Major Midget Hockey League quarter-final playoff match-up against the respective fourth and fifth seeds. The best-of-three series begins Friday night and continues until Sunday (if necessary).
If four regular season meetings are any indication it should be an intriguing series.
The Canadians (21-16-3) enjoyed a slight edge with a pair of wins and and a tie. The most recent match-up back on Feb. 1 saw Greater Vancouver erase a 3-2 deficit with four goals in the final period in a 6-4 win.
The regional rep team is led by second-year forward Owen Seidel who captured the league scoring title by a single point over Fraser Valley’s James Malm. The Richmond Minor graduate and Swift Current Broncos prospect finished with 67 points in 38 games, including 17 goals.
Kyle Uy (63), Ryan Wilkinson (52) and Gary Dhaliwal (50) were also among the league’s top 20 scorers.
The Canadians closed out the regular season by splitting a pair of games with the Vancouver Northwest Giants, including a 5-2 win at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Justin Schwartz notched the game winner midway through the third period. Wilkinson added an empty netter with his second of the night. Defenceman Sam Atkins had three assists.
