Two weekends ago, the U18A Blues hockey team travelled to Enderby to participate in the North Okanagan Knights tournament. With their first game against Clearwater, the team started strong with a 5 – 2 win. The following two round-robin games were low-scoring ties, with scores of 0-0 against Golden and then 2 – 2 against Winfield. With an early start the following day, the team faced the first team in the opposite pool, Kitimat. Off to a slow start, the Blues gained momentum and scored twice in the third period to beat Kitimat 2-0 and head to the gold medal game.
Heading into the gold medal game and down a few players, the team had a very exciting and close game with the home team, the North Okanagan Knights. Up 3-1 in the third period, the Blues battled hard against the home team, who came back to make it 3-2. With many chances at the end of the game to tie it up, the Blues held onto the lead and brought home the gold medal.
The team would like to thank their sponsors, Trail Bay Source for Sports and Custom Flooring.
