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South Delta seconds away from reaching podium at U15 provincials

Storm was less than two minutes from advancing to gold medal game
U15 South Delta Storm
South Delta U15 A1 Storm capped an outstanding season at the provincial tier two championships in Vernon.

The U15 A1 South Delta Storm capped an outstanding season by coming ever-so-close to reaching the podium at B.C. Hockey’s tier two provincial championships in Vernon.

Third period goals from Connely Parker, Damian Dumas and Dominic Dumas, just 1:43 apart, gave the Storm a 6-5 lead over the Kelowna Rockets in their semi-final game on Wednesday morning. However, the Okanagan champions equalized with 1:25 remaining and went on to score at the 6:24 mark of overtime for a 7-6 win.

The Storm had little time to recover from the heartbreaking defeat, falling 6-3 to Pacific Coast Amateur rival Port Coquitlam in the bronze medal game hours later. Kelowna went on to win the championship, defeating Victoria 3-2.

South Delta had secured a semi-final berth in the eight-team tournament by concluding round-robin play Tuesday with a clutch 6-1 win over Cranbrook.

The Storm took control in the opening period thanks to power play goals from Thomas Cowan and Kaden Meyer just 53 seconds apart. Blair Pashak made it 3-0 before the intermission.

Cowan and Pashak would later score again while Dominic rounded out the South Delta scoring.

After opening the championships with a 4-1 loss to eventual group winner Victoria, the Storm bounced back with a big 9-0 victory against host Greater Vernon.

The roster also includes: Sean Jones, Jacob Jope, Ryan Rackow, Mason Buors, Mitch McCluskey, Joseph Prokop, Barunka Sibertova, Sawyer Shears, Thomas Denney, Koen Hubbard, Max Kobus, and James Scouras.