Adrian Walker-Burroughs of Port McNeill gets off a pass from his knees as Corey Pearson of Port Hardy applies pressure during their game in the Port McNeill Minor Hockey bantam tournament Sunday at Chilton Regional Arena.

Adrian Walker-Burroughs of Port McNeill gets off a pass from his knees as Corey Pearson of Port Hardy applies pressure during their game in the Port McNeill Minor Hockey bantam tournament Sunday at Chilton Regional Arena.

McNeill bantams top Port Hardy for fifth place

PORT McNEILL-Local team wraps up home tournament with shutout win; Alberni takes title

The host Port Hardy Whalers had hoped for a higher placement in the playoff round of the Port McNeill Minor Hockey bantam tournament Sunday at Chilton Regional Arena.

Instead, they took out their frustration on Port Hardy with a 10-0 win over the Hawks in the tourney’s fifth-place matchup.

Adrian Walker-Burroughs and Jacob Foldy each had hat tricks in the one-sided win between the North Island rivals.

The Whalers finished with the same record as Nanaimo following pool play, and had beaten Nanaimo 7-3 in the teams’ first-round meeting. But Nanaimo claimed a tiebreaker on point differential and moved into the third-place game, where it drubbed Campbell River 8-3.

The championship was won by Port Alberni, which finished an unbeaten run with a 4-1 win over Comox in the final.

Jaden Standiforth added two goals and Tyren Dustin and Brandon Saunders scored in Port McNeill’s win Sunday.

Dustin had a hat trick in the earlier win over Nanaimo.

 

Port McNeill Minor Hockey

Bantam Tournament

At Chilton Regional Arena

Nov. 19-20

Championship: Port Alberni 4, Comox 1

3rd-4th: Nanaimo 8, Campbell River 3

5th-6th: Port McNeill 10, Port Hardy 0

Port McNeill goals: Adrian Walker-Burroughs 3, Jacob Foldy 3, Jaden Standiforth 2, Tyren Dustin, Brandon Saunders. Assists: Walker-Burroughs 2, Standiforth, Dustin.

Round-robin

Port Alberni 7, Campbell River 2

Port McNeill 7, Nanaimo 3

Port McNeill goals: Dustin 3, Evan Heslop, Walker-Burroughs, Brandon Saunders, Evan Gordon-Valan. Assists: Saunders 2, Dustin, Foldy.

Comox 13, Port Hardy 2

Port Hardy goals: Jayden Paul, Fabian Johnson. Assists: Corey Pearson 2, Danielle Dawson.

Campbell River 4, Port McNeill 2

Port McNeill goals: Dustin, Foldy.

Port Alberni 4, Comox 3

Nanaimo 14, Port Hardy 0

Port Alberni 16, Port McNeill 6

Port McNeill goals: Dustin 2, Saunders 2, Standiforth 2. Assists: Saunders 2, Walker-Burroughs, Standiforth.

Campbell River 8, Port Hardy 1

Port Hardy goal: Adam Nelson. Assist: Kristian Jensen.

Comox 9, Nanaimo 0

 

North Island Gazette