U18 Cougars suffer first-round exit in playoff matchup against Fraser Valley

In the nets, Nicholas Cristiano picked up the shutout for the Thunderbirds and Tysen Smith took the loss for the Cougars.

In Game 1 on Friday, the Thunderbirds jumped on the Cougars with three goals in the first two minutes of the contest. Bachler, Tyler Pretty and Owen Barclay did the early damage, and the T-birds struck three more times before the period was done. Alyandro De Leon, Lincoln Edwards and Colwell scored those goals to put the home team firmly in control.

Barclay extended the Fraser Valley lead to 7-0 in the second period. The Cougars finally answered in the third with a goal by Max Sanford. Decker Mujcin then scored a pair – his second on a power play – but the Cats got no closer.

Trevor Agnew was the winning goaltender and Smith took the loss.

The Cougars finished the regular season with a 15-16-2-3 record, while the Thunderbirds went 22-9-3-2.

U17 CARIBOO COUGARS

The U17 Cariboo Cougars finished the BC Elite Hockey League regular season with a pair of losses against the Vancouver Northwest Hawks.

On the ice in North Vancouver, the Cats fell to the Hawks 5-1 both Saturday and Sunday.

The Cougars went 14-21-0-1 on the season, good for seventh place in the 10-team division. The fifth-place Hawks posted a record of 23-13-0-0.

Playoff details will be released this week.

NORTHERN CAPITALS

In the U18 female division of the BC Elite Hockey League, the Northern Capitals will start playoffs on Friday, March 18 with Game 1 of a best-of-three series against the Vancouver Island Seals. The game time for the opening tilt will be 3:00 p.m.

Game 2 will be played at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and, if needed, Game 3 will be played at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday.

The second-seeded Capitals (22-7-0-3) will host the third-ranked Seals (13-18-0-1).

by Ethan Ready

U18 Cougars suffer first-round exit in playoff matchup against Fraser Valley

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