VIJHL Championship Finals – Game 3 – March 29 Victoria 4 Campbell River 0 The Victoria Cougars played a physical, skilled game punctuated by stellar goaltending enroute to a 4-0 victory and a 2-1 series lead on Friday night in Campbell River. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zFRq6kBSO8&feature=emb_logo Similar to Game 2, it was the Cougars that seemed to win […]
VIJHL Championship Finals – Game 2 – March 28 Victoria 5 Campbell River 2 Generally speaking, when one speaks of a bounce back game one is suggesting that a team wasn’t playing well in the first game. That wouldn’t be the case for the Victoria Cougars as they responded to a 4-0 loss with a […]
VIJHL Championship Finals – Game 1 – March 26 Campbell River 4 Victoria 0 Three goals in the second led the Campbell River Storm to a 4-0 victory over the Victoria Cougars Tuesday night at the Brindy. The Storm take Game 1 of the Championship finals. Pearce Messer opened the scoring in the first after […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 22 Victoria 4 Nanaimo 3 Mateo Albinati scored a late third period goal to give the Victoria Cougars their first lead of the night, one that not only put them in the VIJHL Championship Finals but ensured that they were heading to the Cyclone Taylor Cup in April. It was […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 21 Victoria 8 Nanaimo 1 The Victoria Cougars have grabbed a 3-2 series lead. They are one win away from playing for the league title. The Cougars defeated the Nanaimo Buccaneers 8-1 on Thursday night at the Arch in Esquimalt. Veteran Defenceman and Captain, Carl Ewert opened the Cougars account […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 20 Campbell River 4 Saanich 1 A strong third period and dominant goaltending were the key ingredients as the Campbell River Storm downed the Saanich Braves 4-1 Wednesday night to take the VIJHL Semifinal series in 4. Storm Head Coach Mike Wilson decided to give Jaden Little the start between […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 18 Campbell River 3 Saanich 1 The energy in the George Pearkes Arena was electric on Monday night as the two sides came out ready to play. The Storm, on the strength of two quick goals in the third, earned a 3-1 win and a 3-0 series lead. Pearce Messer […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 16 – Round Two Nanaimo 4 Victoria 3 Teams just don’t come back when they trail the Cougars by three early in the second but they are not the Nanaimo Buccaneers. The Bucs erase a three goal deficit and take Game 3 at the Pirate Ship, 4-3. Brendan Rogers scored […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 15 – Round Two Campbell River 3 Saanich 2 Double OT Reid Wheeldon was the Campbell River hero as the Storm defeated the Saanich Braves in Game 1 of their semifinals matchup. The best word to describe Friday’s game would be ‘tentative’. It was clear that both teams recognized the […]
Host Mark Berry talks with players Jackson Dyke, Ryan Strange and Liam Nijhoff ahead of Game 1 for the Saanich/Campbell River series. Also included interviews with the Head Coaches Mike Wilson and Sam Waterfield. The podcast concludes with the Cougars Post Game Show with Jordan Smith, Tom Arlidge and Head Coach Suneil Karod. https://soundcloud.com/user-180735882/vijhl-gameday-magazine-episode-26
