A fantastic finish to the post-season has helped Seafair Minor Hockey’s Midget C3 team complete its campaign with a championship banner.
The C3s captured Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association’s President’s League Blue Group after an 8-4 upset victory over Arbutus Club C2 in the title game.
Seafair finished third in the regular season and looked like it would be a non-factor in the playoffs, dropping four straight games to open round-robin play. The C3s battled back into contention with three wins, then came through in a do-or-die scenario against Seafair C2.
They not only got the result they needed with a 5-3 triumph but also earned a valuable sportsmanship point thanks be accessed just six minutes in penalties against their physical rival. That clinched second place in the five-team playdowns and a spot in the final. Even head coach Dan Wallace was surprised at the sudden turn of events.
The championship game saw the line of Tyler Coulson/Alexander Hodgkinson/Scott Weber produce five goals to lead way. Coulson had a hat trick and two assists while Hodgkinson enjoyed a four point game, including a pair of goals.
The Quinton Long/Brandon Woo/Kaeden Samy line scored twice. Both by Long. Woo and Samy each had a pair of assists..
Devin Gorski rounded out the scoring. Ethan Wong, Emma Wallace, Scott Weber and Ben Spare all earned helpers.
Evan Panjwani had one of his best games of the season between the pipes to earn the win against the favoured Arbutus team that topped both the regular season and playoff standings. The team also includes: defencemen: Vikan Boyajian, Cole Cho, Jonathan Cook, Patrick Phi and Jaspreet Sidhu.
The playoff triumph was especially sweet for graduating third-year players Long, Phi and Woo.
