Prince George is getting ready to host the Glen 'Moose' Scott Invitational/BC senior C provincial lacrosse championship Aug 8-10 at the Kin Centre and each of the trophies up for grabs that weekend commemorate Prince George lacrosse legends.
The seven-team tournament includes the respective league champions from Prince George, Thompson-Okanagan, Greater Vancouver and Victoria regions, all of whom are eligible to win the Fred Doig Trophy, named after the father of lacrosse in Prince George.
Doig, who died in 2019 at age 91, was a two-time Mann Cup champion with the Victoria Shamrocks who brought Canada's national summer sport with him from Victoria when he moved to Prince George in 1965.
The Fred Doig Trophy was first awarded to the BC senior C champions in 2003.
The teams coming to Prince George next month will also be vying for the Glen “Moose” Scott Trophy, named after the co-founder and longtime commissioner of the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association.
Scott’s efforts revived the senior game in the city in 1991 after a 12-year absence.
In 2007, Scott and Ron Edgar organized the Rio Tinto Alcan Cup Canadian Senior C Lacrosse Invitational tournament, which later became the Treasure Cove Invitational and , in 2019. the Glen ‘ Moose’ Scott Invitational.
The invitational/provincial two-tournaments-in-one format began in 2003. The event was last hosted in Prince George in 2019.
Seven teams will gather at Kin 1 and Kin 2 for the three day tournament.
The Scamp Transport Devils, who won their sixth consecutive Dale Rolufs Memorial Trophy as champions of the PGSLA , and the Prince George Assault, who lost in three straight games to the Devils in the PGSLA final, will represent Prince George.
The Devils won it in 2017, the last time a Prince George team has won the senior C provincial title.
The Port Moody Express, Port Coquitlam Hitmen and Mission Cedar Kings will represent the West Coast Lacrosse League.
The tournament also includes the two-time defending provincial senior C-champion Kelowna Raiders, who captured their third straight Thompson-Okanagan Senior Lacrosse League title, and the Victoria Jokers, champions of the Vancouver Island Senior C League.
Each team is guaranteed four games. The final is set for Sunday, Aug. 10 at 1:30 p.m. at Kin 1.
The bronze-medal game will be played Sunday, Aug. 10 at noon, following crossover playoff games at 9 a.m. at both arenas.
The teams are allowed to add three senior C players to their rosters.
The Assault have added Davey Jenkins, who came out of retirement to play this season for the Mackenzie Conifex Power Lumberjacks, and Brett Barwise, who led the BHL Bandits top offensive player, who finished second in the PGSLA scoring race.
“The Devils are going to be tough, they’re six-time champions,”, said Assault coach and tournament organizer Don Wittmeier. “There’s a lot of parity from the league champions, they’re all strong. Last year’s championship went to overtime, and the teams are getting stronger.”
Individual game admission is $5 or $15 for a day pass or $40 for a tournament pass.
