The Langley A3 midget Eagles were victorious at a hockey tournament in Mission.

The Langley A3 midget Eagles were victorious at a hockey tournament in Mission.

Eagles soar to tournament title

Langley midget hockey team finds its offensive stride

The Langley midget A3 Eagles had no problems filling the net as they soared to the gold medal at a hockey tournament at the Mission Leisure Centre.

The Eagles went 4-0-1, averaging more than six goals a game, as they cruised to top spot at the post-Christmas tournament.

In the championship final, Langley crushed the Ridge Meadows A3 Rustlers by a 10-3 score.

In that game, Ayden MacDonald continued his torrid goal-scoring pace, notching four goals.

He finished the tournament with eight goals and nine assists in the five games.

Justin Butler also netted a hat trick in the championship final and earned player of the game honours.

In the team’s opening game of the preliminary round, they defeated the Mission A2 Stars 5-2, behind a two-goal performance from Jordan Lazar, who earned player of the game honours.

That was followed by a 5-5 tie against the North Shore Winter Club A2 Winterhawks, with Brandon Grasby and Philip Gauthier each netting a pair of goals. Nathan Wolfe was named player of the game in that contest.

Langley then topped Ridge Meadows A3 6-2 as MacDonald scored twice while Cam Alder was player of the game.

And the Eagles finished atop the pool — and earned a spot straight in the finals — after downing the Seattle Sno-King A1 6-1 behind some stellar goaltending from player of the game Mark Balcita.

Grasby and Lazar scored twice apiece in the game.

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