The Prince Rupert U18 Sea Wolves fought hard but came up short in the Northwest Zone championship game.
Before the championship game, the Sea Wolves played Kitimat and Vanderhoof in the preliminary round.
In their game against Kitimat, the Sea Wolves gave up the first three goals as Bryce Livingston, Logan Pankhurst and Aiden McCormick scored to give Kitimat a 3-0 lead. The Sea Wolves responded with a goal from Mason Horne to cut Kitimat’s lead to 3-1 but Kitimat added one more goal from Kaleb Calkins to make the score 4-1 after the first period.
In the second period, Pankhurst added another goal to put Kitimat up 5-1 which stood as the only goal of the period.
The third period saw the Sea Wolves get a goal back thanks to Luca Pirillo finding the back of the net, however Kitimat added two of their own from McCormick and Lakin Mailloux to make the final score 7-2.
After taking a loss to Kitimat, the Sea Wolves went to play Vanderhoof needing a win to get to the championship match. The Sea Wolves held Vanderhoof off the score board and got goals from Owen Davies, Luca Pirillo, Noah Movold and Charlie Brown to earn a 4-0 win and a rematch against Kitimat for the zone championship.
In the championship game, Kitimat got off to a quick start with two goals in the first three minutes thanks to Kaleb Calkins and Lakin Mailloux to take a 2-0 lead. The Sea Wolves responded minutes later as Noah Bomben found the back of the net to cut the deficit to one goal. Kitimat restored their two goal lead with a goal from Miles Besler to go up 3-1 at the intermission.
The second period saw McCormick extend Kitimats lead which was answered with a goal from Noah Movold to make the score 4-2 after two periods.
The third saw Noah Bomben cut Kitimat’s lead to just a goal however Kitimat would cap the scoring with a Logan Pankhurst goal to secure the championship and a berth into provincial in Golden.
