Burnaby Minor came within a goal of going to the championship round at the Richmond International midget hockey tournament.
The Burnaby Vipers A1 midget team fashioned a 4-1 record at the postChristmas tourney, finishing in a three-way tie with the North Delta Sundevils and San Diego Junior Gulls in the Neely division in the 28-team competition.
Burnaby's only defeat was a 4-3 loss to the Sundevils in their opening game on Boxing Day. Connor Pasco tied the score 3-3 midway through the third period on Jivan Sidhu's second assist of the game.
North Delta took the lead for good two minutes later on a shorthanded marker.
Burnaby bounced back with a 10-2 win over the u16 Alaska Allstars on Dec. 27. Tanner Gattinger led the Vipers with a monster seven-point game, including four goals.
On the following day, Burnaby soundly defeated the AA Arapahoe Warriors 9-2.
Brennan Bifano led the scoring parade with a hat trick in a four-point outing.
Gattinger also registered four points, including a pair of back-to-back counters in the middle frame.
The Vipers finished off the preliminary schedule with a 4-3 victory over the Nanaimo Clippers A1.
Burnaby led 4-0 midway through the second period and then hung on for the victory. Sidhu had the game-winner for the Vipers. Roshen Jaswal assisted on three of Burnaby's markers.
In a crossover matchup, Burnaby downed the North Shore Winter Club A1 team 4-2 on Dec. 30.
Sidhu again led the way, scoring his second consecutive game-winning goal in a three-point performance.
Burnaby currently leads the Pacific Coast League Tier 2 flight with a 7-2-1 record.
