The Greater Vancouver Canadians will be looking to snap a six game losing streak when they take on the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds in a pair of games this weekend.
After opening the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League season with a sweep of the South Island Royals, the Canadians have dropped three consecutive series, including last weekend against the Valley West Hawks.
Last Saturday at the Langley Events Centre, the Hawks scored twice in the opening period and went on to post a 2-1 victory. Greater Vancouver's only goal came from Dante Hannoun with just 35 seconds remaining.
The next day at the Richmond Olympic Oval saw the Hawks explode for five unanswered goals in the third period in a 7-3 victory. The Canadians took a 3-2 lead into the third period thanks to a pair of goals from Cameron Ginnetti and another from Alex Whitwham but had no answer for the Bruins final period onslaught.
Matt Barberis tied the game with 9:36 remaining and Eric Callegari notched what proved to be the winner two minutes later.
It marked the second time this season the Canadians have failed to hang on to a late third period lead as the Cariboo Cougars rallied for a victory back in week two.
Earlier, the Canadians dropped a pair of games to defending champion Vancouver Northwest Giants, including a heartbreaking 1-0 loss at the Oval.
The game's only goal came just 39 seconds into the contest.
This weekend's series with the Thunderbirds concludes on Sunday at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Icing... There was at least some good news for a pair of Canadians this week as forward Dante Hannoun and defenceman Cameron Ginnetti have been named to the Team B.C. roster for the upcoming Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup, slated for Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 in Calgary.
"In choosing Team BC, our coaching staff has spent plenty of hours debating. There are some very good players left off the roster, but we believe the roster we are naming will make British Columbians proud," said Team BC Director of Operations, Fred Zweep.
"We have a particularly unique group of extremely talented players and we're confident in the team we've put together."
For the first time in the history of the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup, Team BC captured gold in 2012 with a win over Team Alberta in the championship game. The squad was coached by Richmond's Ryan Weber and featured former Seafair standout Glenn Gawdin who is now in his rookie season in the Western Hockey League with Swift Current.
Team BC finished the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record and two (2) players were named to the U16 Challenge Cup All Star Team.
