Photo by Marcel Vander Wier
BACK-TO-BACK WINS 鈥 Kaleb Dawe of the Air North Jets puts a shot on Yukon Brewing goalie Tyler Plaunt during their game at the Canada Games Centre last night.
Photo by Marcel Vander Wier
BACK-TO-BACK WINS 鈥 Kaleb Dawe of the Air North Jets puts a shot on Yukon Brewing goalie Tyler Plaunt during their game at the Canada Games Centre last night.
Fresh off their run at the Coy Cup last month, Evan Campbell and Kane Dawe returned to Whitehorse to lead the Air North Jets to their second straight A Division recreational hockey title last night.
Fresh off their run at the Coy Cup last month, Evan Campbell and Kane Dawe returned to Whitehorse to lead the Air North Jets to their second straight A Division recreational hockey title last night.
Campbell had four goals and two assists and Dawe added a goal and four assists as the Jets cruised to a 10-7 win over Yukon鈥圔rewing at the Canada Games Centre.
The win followed Tuesday night's 6-3 win to give the Jets a sweep of the three-game championship series.
Last year, Air North swept SLFS/Murphy Built to win the championship series.
Air North entered the break with a 7-3 lead, thanks in large part to a first-period hat trick by the 23-year-old Campbell.
He would add a fourth goal in the second.
"It was just a good night,鈥濃圕ampbell said post-game. "We don't score like that every game. It was the last game of the year, so we wanted to come out and have some laughs.鈥
With the score 9-4, Yukon Brewing scored three straight goals to make things interesting, but Adam Sills' second goal of the game with less than three minutes left proved to be a backbreaker.
Rob Warner scored a hat trick in the loss, and linemate Derek Klassen added four assists.
Frank Aucoin, Kirk鈥圙ale, Jeff Pike and Aaron Pettitt also scored for Yukon鈥圔rewing.
"It's fun,鈥濃圕ampbell said of the second straight championship win. "Most of us on the team here are really good friends. We've been playing together for a long time.鈥
Mike Fraser added a pair of goals for the Jets, while Tanner Kulych had a single to round out the scoring.
"Everybody says we're stacked, but basically we're just a bunch of friends,鈥 said Dawe, 23. "It's just how it worked out.鈥
Air North went unbeaten in the playoffs after finishing the regular season with a league-best record of 26-6.
Yukon Brewing finished in third at 21-8-3, one point behind the Roadhouse.
"They've got a lot of talent up front 鈥 a lot of scoring guys,鈥濃圵arner said of the Jets. "They're the guys to beat the last couple of years. They've got a good team and they consistently get the same guys back.
"It's always fun,鈥濃圵arner added. "It creates little rivalries, which is always good, but you always want to beat them, because they're the best team.鈥
The 27-year-old said he felt his club had as a good a shot as anyone to knock off the defending champs.
"You have a shot every game,鈥 he said. "It's rec hockey. You never know who's going to play and who's going to be there. Anyone can win on any night. It just depends on who shows up.鈥
CRB鈥圢ighthawks edge ERS鈥圤ctanes for B title
The Carmacks Rec Board Nighthawks defeated the ERS鈥圤ctanes 4-2 to win the B Division title last month.
George Skookum's second period goal stood up as the winner, as the Nighthawks swept both games of their three-game series.
Cody Underhill scored twice in the first period, and Matthew DesRoches added a late insurance goal for the Nighthawks.
Taylor Pasloski had both goals for the Octanes.
The Nighthawks had won the first game of the series 8-6.
The Octanes and Nighthawks finished the regular season in second and third, respectively, behind Envirolube.
Octanes 麻豆社区Tyler Murray had an exceptional season, leading the league with 107 points (68G, 39A).
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