Junior hockey: Eagles blank Vees in Game 1 of BCHL championship

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“Just one of those games where everything that could go wrong did,” said Vees assistant coach Matthew Vanden Berg.

“A game like this is bound to happen over the course of a long playoff run and it did tonight. Now we adjust and respond appropriately tomorrow.”In Friday’s contest, the Vees gave up a quick goal, just four minutes in, then watched as the Coastal Conference champions made it 2-0 at 11:10.In the third, the Interior Conference champions fell further behind, with Surrey scoring at 8:23, 10:10 and 18:44 to make it 5-0.

Zachary Wagnon, Ante Zlomislic, Ryan Evenhuis, Nathan Oickle, Micah Berger and Evan Brown scored for Surrey. Ajeet Gundarah stopped all 28 shots for the Eagles, earning first-star status. Friday’s result was the second time the Vees were blanked in this spring’s playoffs, with the first being a 2-0 loss to Salmon Arm in Game 1 of the Interior Conference final on May 2.Penticton is trying to claim its third-consecutive league title, while Surrey is playing in the league final for the first time since 2013 when they beat Penticton 4-2 for the cup.In related news, the league announced that it had granted, for the first time, exceptional status to a 15-year-old player.

The Cowichan Bay product, who has played in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League for the past three seasons, will suit up for Penticton.“I believe playing for the Penticton Vees is a great opportunity for development as a player and as a person,” said McKamey.

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