Williams Lake Atom Development Timberwolves’ player Ryan Rife fires a shot through traffic Saturday during a 9-6 defeat against Fort St. John.

Williams Lake Atom Development Timberwolves’ player Ryan Rife fires a shot through traffic Saturday during a 9-6 defeat against Fort St. John.

T-wolves fifth at home tourney

The Williams Lake Atom Development Timberwolves captured fifth place during the weekend at its home tournament.

The Williams Lake Atom Development Timberwolves captured fifth place during the weekend at its home tournament.

Teams visited from Vanderhoof, Terrace, Kitimat, Fort St. John and Quesnel for the event — held at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex and played under a round-robin format until playoffs on Sunday matched up teams based on their results.

On Friday night the T-wolves opened the tournament with a 5-4 victory over Vanderhoof, before coming up against a tough Terrace squad the following morning in an 11-1 loss.

Saturday night Williams Lake battled Fort St. John in a hard-fought 9-6 defeat. The loss put the T-wolves in the fifth versus sixth place game on Sunday morning.

There, Williams Lake skated to a 7-2 win over Vanderhoof to close out its tournament.

Williams Lake Tribune