Winning is contagious and if you are the Cariboo Cougars, you don’t want to relinquish the feeling of being on top.
The U17 AAA hockey club had a plentiful Thanksgiving Long Weekend securing six points.
On Monday, the Cougars scored six straight times to cruise to a 6-1 victory over the Valley West Giants at Planet Ice in Delta.
Gavin Parmar lit the lamp twice in a four-goal second period while Garrett Harrop and Rhys Barnes chipped in with singles.
Brett de Gans and Nigel Nitschke completed the scoring barrage for the BC Elite Hockey League best 8-0-1 Cats.
Cariboo also swept the Vancouver Island Royals Saturday and Sunday with 8-3 and 5-1 wins at the league showcase from the Richmond Oval.
Parmar once again drove the bus on offense Saturday with two more goals while Harrop and de Gans also found the back of the net.
Brody Bustard, Jayden Brideau, Tavon Peterson and AP Cole Chapman also lit the lamp.
On Sunday, Bustad, Brideau, Harrop and Barnes found the back of the net while Taryn Willis also tickled the twine.
The U17 Cougars are off to the Canadian Crown tournament in Devon this weekend. Their first game is Friday at 3pm Mountain Time against the Leduc Oil Kings.
Cariboo has a double-header on Saturday to wrap up the round-robin against NAX (10:30 am) and the Red Deer North Star Chiefs (8pm).
In U15 action, the Cariboo Cougars went winless at the Bauer Showcase Tournament in Abbotsford dropping all five games.
Cariboo was shut out in their first games losing to American-based academies Fairmont and Star Academy by identical scores of 7-0.
The Cougars also dropped a 6-0 decision to the Burnaby Winter Club.
A 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Pacific Academy on Sunday was followed up by an 8-1 thrashing at the hands of the Anaheim Jr Ducks Monday morning.
Cariboo (5-1-0) is back in league play this weekend when they take on the Okanagan Rockets (6-0-0) at MNP Place Saturday and Sunday.
After a bye week, the U18 Cariboo Cougars welcome the Vancouver North West Hawks to Kin 1.
Cariboo is fourth in the eight-team league with a mark of 3-2-1 while the Hawks sit seventh at 1-3-2.
Games times are 6:30pm (Saturday) and 9am (Sunday).
Lastly, the Northern Capitals club participated in the Canadian Crown Female Elite U18 Tournament in Devon, Alberta, which was hosted by the Northern Alberta Xtreme.
The Capitals dropped the D Division Final to the host Xtreme 3-2 in overtime on Sunday.
Sasha Fofonoff and Jenna Van Angeren scored in defeat for the Caps while Taylor Rutter took the loss in goal.
The Capitals won their semi-final match up against the Penticton branch of the Okanagan Hockey Academy by a 4-1 score earlier in the day.
Lucy Lafontaine, Paige Umbach, Paxton Fraser and Reese Overton lit the lamp in the win.
Rutter made 16 saves on 17 shots.
On Saturday, the Capitals lost a pair of close shaves to the Sherwood Park Athletic Club and Delta Hockey Academy by scores of 4-3 and 4-2.
Fraser, Fofonoff and Alliesha King all had one goal each against Sherwood Park.
Kenzie Bragg made 32 saves on 36 shots in defeat.
Against Delta, Overton and Tylor Jensen found the back of the net.
Overton, a University of Saskatchewan commit led the team in scoring during the tournament with three goals and three assists.
The Caps dropped Friday’s round-robin opener to the Regina Rebels by a 4-1 margin.
Bragg made 29 saves on 33 shots.
Capitals (2-3-1) are back in league action this weekend in Vernon against the Thompson Okanagan Lakers (5-2-1) at 4:45pm on Saturday and 12:15pm on Sunday at Kal Tire Place.
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