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| PJW Bantam AA Champions 2014 SJHA Holiday Classic - Photo R. Munzel |
The Jr Winterhawks came out of Round Robin play unbeaten with a 9-1 win over SJHA Bantam A2 on Friday (Game MVP #12 Owen Ward), and a 4-1 win over the Fairbanks Arctic Lions AA on Saturday (Game MVP #31 Cam Birchill). Due to injury, illness, and vacations the Kent Valley Storm were only able to dress 6 skaters for the last game in RR. Kent decided to forfeit the game. An impromptu scrimmage was held instead, with a couple of Portland skaters dressing with Kent to even up the benches.
Portland played the Idaho Jr Steelheads Bantam AA team in the 7am Semi-Final game at Olympic View Ice Arena in Mt. Lake Terrace, WA. The Portland team jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on to win 4-2 sending them into the finals to face the Comox Valley Chiefs AAA (Game MVP #11 Sam Willman). The Chiefs beat Fairbanks in their Semi-Final game 3-1.
Portland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period of the Championship game and held on to win 7-2 (Game MVP #5 Ryan Neilsen-Webb).
Video Links:
28 12-26-2014 PJWU14AA vs SJHA Bantam A2 (SJHA Holiday Classic)
29 12-27-2014 PJWU14AA vs Fairbanks Arctic Lions (2014 SJHA Holiday Classic)
30 12-29-2014 PJWU14AA vs ID Jr Steelheads AA (2014 SJHA Holiday Classic)
31 12-29-2014 PJWU14AA vs Comox Valley Chiefs AAA (2014 SJHA Holiday Classic)
Next up for the Bantams; the Langley Shatter The Glass Tournament, Jan. 2-5.
The Winterhawks Varsity Hockey League Select team was at the SJHA Holiday Classic competing in the Midget division. The Midget division had 2 teams from Idaho, 1 from British Columbia, 1 from Oregon, and 4 from Washington.
The Varsity Selects went 1-2 in Round Robin play, losing to the SJHA NW Admirals A1 team 6-2, and the Kent Valley Rainiers 5-0 before beating the Seattle Midget A's 6-0. They faced the Tacoma Jr Rockets in their consolation game, beating them 4-1.
