A dozen teams took part in the weekend鈥檚 peewee C tournament. In addition to the two local house league teams, teams came to town from Abbotsford, Langley and Maple Ridge, among other communities.
鈥淭hey apply for the tournament,鈥� said 麻豆社国产Minor Hockey tournament coordinator Dave Knight. 鈥淚 take all teams on first-come, first-served.鈥�
Coaches of eight more teams wanted to register, but the tournament was already booked, he added.
In the end, for Monday afternoon鈥檚 final, Port Moody held off Seattle for a 5-2 win, though it looked like the American side was going to stage a comeback after Port Moody jumped out to a 4-0 lead.
The 麻豆社国产teams were in tough against opponents for their mini round robin games and ended up in the bronze pool when it came time for the playoff round.
In Sunday鈥檚 bronze semi-final, 麻豆社国产1 faced off against the Abbotsford Hawks. Squamish鈥檚 Andrew Fielding opened the scoring in the first with a high wrist shot past Abbotsford goalie Chayten Sarn.
Thirty-two seconds into the second period, though, the visitors tied it up, and Abbotsford pulled ahead five minutes in, then added a third goal before the period was over.
Halfway through the third, Fielding scored a second goal to cut the deficit to one. With three minutes left, Abbotsford went up 4-2. Fielding added another goal for the hat trick, but that was as close as 麻豆社国产1 got.
麻豆社国产2 had a tougher time with the Langley Bulldogs. Throughout the game, it was a case of one step ahead and two steps back for the local side. The game was actually deadlocked for most of the first period until Langley鈥檚 Adrian May scored with 25 seconds left.
麻豆社国产tied it up at the 12:59 mark with a shorthanded goal, but the floodgates opened 17 seconds later when Langley pulled ahead for good, scoring another 12 seconds after that.
The local team scored once more, but it was all Langley later, as the Bulldogs won 8-2.
Knight said the tournament re-seeds teams after the opening games into the bronze, silver and gold pools so that all the teams get to keep playing in brackets against others at similar levels. Everyone still has a chance at a trophy late into the event, and at the end, everyone gets to take home a medal.
鈥淓verybody had fun,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what our tournaments are about. Everybody gets something.鈥�
The long-term result, Knight added, is that teams want to come back to 麻豆社国产for the tournaments.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the best compliment a tournament coordinator can get鈥� returning teams.鈥�
On Monday morning, the two 麻豆社国产teams faced off in the opening game of the final day, with 麻豆社国产2 coming out ahead with an 8-1 victory over their local rivals.
The community will now host a smaller tournament shortly after Christmas and one over the first weekend in January, which is expected to attract nine or 10 teams.
鈥淚鈥檝e got two schedules made, a 10 and a nine,鈥� Knight said.
In February, there will be a big Family Day tournament for atom rep teams from Feb. 5 to 8, with teams coming from Powell River, Port Alberni, Seattle and other communities. The following month, 麻豆社国产will host bantam teams in tournament play.
