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The West Kelowna Warriors won their first Royal Bank Cup in franchise history and 13th national championship for the province of British Columbia.
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Liam Blackburn, who was tied for the tourna“I was very pleased in out effort and there were ment lead in scoring, slipped one past Alex Leclerc very few things I would take back in the game,” in the third period while short handed for the 3-0 said Thibodeau. “We played a very strong game. lead, forcing the Bobcats to pull their goalie in a If we could have got one it would have changed last effort to get back in the game. things. But full credit to West Kelowna. There is no However, Rylan Yaremko would get the puck shame in losing to a team like that.” down the ice and into the back of the net for While it wasn’t a national championship, Lloydthe empty net goal, sealing the victory for West minster finished the season as the second best team Kelowna. in the country, a “Any time you feat that no other win a championteam in the franship at any level chises’ history it’s special,” said has came close West Kelowna to. head coach Lloydminster Rylan Ferster. didn’t accom“We liked our plish any of the group internally ch amp io n ship from Day 1. We goals they set had to make a out to do at the couple moves to beginning of solidify our team the season, but and when we the team set -Gord Thibodeau made the move franchise records for Matthew in wins and in Greenfield, that seemed to really settle us down. points, moved 11 players onto post-secondary It just seemed like every time in the playoffs, we hockey, and will leave a lasting impression on the seemed to be a little bit of an underdog. We had to city of Lloydminster and the hockey club that will come through some really good teams to get here last well into the future, setting the franchise up and we didn’t have an easy road. We earned our for success for years to come. way here.” “We’ve started to build a foundation of success. For the Bobcats, the round robin was especially That’s the biggest attribute to come out of this,” difficult for a team that was eliminated from the said Thibodeau. playoffs a month earlier and had to sit and wait “The 22 guys in that room did that. Hosting the to get back into competitive action. Lloydminster RBC was huge, but in terms of building the success snuck in with their victory over Carleton Place and on the ice, those 22 guys are responsible for that. upset the Trenton Golden Hawks in the semi-final They are building expectations that, hopefully, we to earn their spot in the championship game. are going to carry forward next year and for years It didn’t go the way they would have wanted, forward. We are awfully proud of them for that. but head coach Gord Thibodeau said they played That’s how you build strong organization, you Bobcats style of hockey and were beat by a better have to build off something successful and this team — there is no shame at all in that. year to me was a great success.”
“That’s how you build a strong organization, you have to build off something successful and this year to me was a great success.”
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