It91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s a happy New Year for the RINK Hockey Academy91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s under-17 prep red team.
The team went 5-0 on their way to winning the Pat Quinn Classic in Burnaby between Christmas and New Year91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s.
RINK opened the tournament with a 3-2 win against the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) U17 prep team and an 11-0 win against the Sno-king junior Thunderbirds U16 AA on Thursday, Dec. 28. The 11-0 win featured a six-point game from Brayden Westman (three goals, three assists).
The next day, they finished the round-robin with a 2-0 win against the Wenatchee Wild U16AAA varsity team.
Despite buzzing through the round robin portion of the tournament, the semi-finals the next day posed a harder task as they took on PCHA once again. Tied 3-3 going into overtime, Nate MacPhee scored the winner to help RINK advance to the finals of the tournament.
In the championship game on New Year91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Eve, RINK got off to a hot start against California Wave HC 16AA as Westman scored a shorthanded goal 61 seconds into the game to make it 1-0. However, RINK found themselves trailing 2-1 after the first period.
The start of the second period was Groundhog91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Day as Westman scored his second goal of the game, also shorthanded, 61 seconds into the frame to tie the game 2-2. Additionally, both of Westman91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s goals were shorthanded because of penalties from teammate Luke Silvernagle.
California scored in the second period and took a 3-2 lead into the third. In the third period, Jacksen Suttie found the back of the net with 5:24 left in the game to tie the game 3-3.
The game went to overtime where with just 1:30 left to go in the extra frame, Silvernagle was the hero as he scored the tournament-winning goal for RINK.
Westman finished the tournament with 12 points in five games (seven goals, five assists) while Silvernagle finished with five (three goals, two assists).
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