Guardians are OMAHA champs

The Penticton peewee Guardians are district champions

THE PENTICTON GUARDIANS peewee hockey team are Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association champs. The team is as follows starting in the back row left to right: Coaches Tony Orioli, Brian Drobe and Ken Miller. Missing is Fred Dobransky. Middle row: Adrienne Beresford, Taya Kampe, Adrian Orioli, Matt Olsen, Ben Miller, Ayden Chura, Roman Gill and Alan Woodhouse. Front row: Anthony Alexis, Ian Heck, Calum McGill, Carson Drobe, Branden Audet-Smythe, Sanam Khatra and Armaan Dhaliwal. Goalies: Davin Grunow and Daniel Chandler

THE PENTICTON GUARDIANS peewee hockey team are Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association champs. The team is as follows starting in the back row left to right: Coaches Tony Orioli, Brian Drobe and Ken Miller. Missing is Fred Dobransky. Middle row: Adrienne Beresford, Taya Kampe, Adrian Orioli, Matt Olsen, Ben Miller, Ayden Chura, Roman Gill and Alan Woodhouse. Front row: Anthony Alexis, Ian Heck, Calum McGill, Carson Drobe, Branden Audet-Smythe, Sanam Khatra and Armaan Dhaliwal. Goalies: Davin Grunow and Daniel Chandler

The Penticton Guardians peewee hockey team capped a great season with the Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association District championship.

The Guardians claimed the title with a 3-1 win over host Chase. In the round robin, the Guardians defeated the Vernon Bolts 6-3, tied Chase 4-4 then trounced Merritt 11-3. In the playoffs, they swept the South Okanagan Flames 2-0 as well as West Kelowna in the semifinal round. After losing the opening game to second place Penticton Fire 10-4, the Guardians reeled off 6-2 and 9-6 wins.

The Guardians won the  South Okanagan Central League and playoff championships as well. They also won their host tournament and one in West Kelowna.

 

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