Trevor Wong was named the runner-up MVP at the Bauer World Hockey Invite in Chicago last weekend.
Wong helped lead the Burnaby Winter Club Bruins atom A1 team to the silver medal in the 2003’s elite division following a 4-3 upset loss to the Los Angeles junior Kings in the championship final on Sunday.
The Bruins went unbeaten in pool and championship play leading up to the tournament final, including an opening round 8-2 win over the same California club on Nov. 1.
“It was a terrible game for them. I knew it wouldn’t be that easy (the next time),” said Burnaby atom coach Randy Downes.
The winter club placed first in the Division B with a best overall 25 goals for and eight against record.
Burnaby edged Div. A runner-up VF Minutemen from Pennsylvania 3-2 in the semifinals.
But the Kings, the Div. B runners-up, put a better game plan together and kept the winter club’s attack to the outside, said Downes.
Burnaby also had a goal disallowed in the championship game.
“It’s such a step up from what we play here. But it was a great experience overall. We could play that team 10 times and we’ll beat them five times.”
The Burnaby Winter Club peewee A1 team got to the quarter-finals before falling 5-4 to eventual runner-up Mid Fairfield, New York.
Little Caesars South from Michigan, 3-2 losers to the peewee Bruins in divisional play, took the tournament banner with a 3-2 victory over Mid Fairfield.
A second winter club atom team also reached the quarter-finals of the AAA division.
Burnaby placed second in pool play with a 2-1 record and went on to rout the Nashville junior Predators 7-1 in the round of 16, before falling 3-2 to the eventual champions Rockford Hockey Club from Illinois.
Last year, a winter club atom team won the AAA title in Chicago.
