In a dogfight for the bronze medal, the prize went to the Cats.
The Viking Construction Cougars skated to third place at the B.C. Hockey peewee Tier 1 provincial championship tournament, which concluded last week in Nanaimo. At the six-team gathering, the Cougars played to a 1-2-2 record. Their lone win - an 8-1 victory against the host team in their last game - clinched them the medal by the slimmest of margins. The Cats finished with four points, while Victoria and Kelowna both had three and Nanaimo ended with two.
Abbotsford, with a 5-2 victory against the North Shore Winter Club in the championship game, grabbed provincial gold.
In the Cougars' other games, they lost 8-1 to Abbotsford, tied Kelowna 7-7, fell 9-1 against North Shore and deadlocked 2-2 with Victoria.
The last time a Prince George team had a top-three finish at the peewee Tier 1 provincials was 2008.
Overall this season, the Viking club won three tournament titles (in Cloverdale, Prince George and Grande Prairie) and also earned one silver medal (Kelowna) and two other bronze medals (Calgary and Nanaimo).
Team members are Daunte Auxi, Carson Briere, Scott Cousins, Dawson Davis, Brenden Gaboury, Terrell Goldsmith, Zach Leslie, Nathan Mackie, Linden Makow, Brady McIsaac, Matyas Mocilac, Decker Mujcin, Nico Myatovic, Brooke Norkus, Tye Peters, Amar Powar and Tysen Smith. Head coach Don Gaboury is assisted by Jason Leslie and Lukas Blinkhorn, while Cheryl Cousins fills the duties of team manager.
In other out-of-town results from minor hockey provincial tournaments, the Premium Truck & Trailer peewee Tier 2 Cougars went 1-2 in Trail, the Farr Fabricating bantam Tier 1 Cougars posted a 1-3-1 record in Kamloops and the WIC bantam female Cougars skated to a 0-4-2 mark in Richmond.
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