The Burnaby Winter Club bantam A1 and peewee A2 teams both wound up with silver medals at their respective B.C. Hockey minor provincial championships.
The AAA Bruins played second fiddle to rival North Shore Winter Club for a second consecutive season, falling 4-2 to the Pacific Coast regular season champions in the B.C. Hockey playoff final in Prince George on March 20.
Jonny Sheardown and Henry Rhyu, with the 2-1 go-ahead goal at the eight-minute mark of the third period, scored for the Bruins.
North Shore tied the score three minutes later and Justin Almeida then potted the game-winner minutes after that. Jordy Bellerive tallied into an empty net for the deciding goal as North Shore outshot Burnaby 47-18.
Earlier in the day, the Bruins got by Kamloops 3-2 in a must-win game for both teams at the provincials.
James Malm figured in all three goals for the winter club, including the eventual game-winner.
Malm's late third-period goal gave Burnaby a 3-0 lead, but the Bruins were forced to hang on as Kamloops stormed back with two goals in the final three minutes of play.
Liam Evanson and Mackenzie Wight both scored first-period goals for the winter club.
The win gave Burnaby second place overall and a berth into the championship final against NSWC.
The Burnaby club finished the round-robin portion with a record of 4-1-0.
The team's only loss was a 2-1 defeat to North Shore. Evanson scored Burnaby's only goal.
Prior to the provincials, Burnaby edged North Shore by the same 2-1 score in the final four to win the Pacific Coast association playoff banner.
Burnaby finished runner-up just two points behind the North Shore club during the regular season.
In head-to-head meetings, Burnaby posted a tie and a loss against the 18-1-1 North Vancouver club.
With the win, North Shore moves on to the Western Canadian bantam championships against provincial winners from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Kelowna.
Last year, the North Shore club finished with the bronze medal at the westerns.
In Victoria, the Burnaby Winter Club placed second to Campbell River in the Tier 2 final hosted by Juan de Fuca last Wednesday.
Burnaby took its unbeaten 4-0 record, including an earlier 4-3 win over Campbell River, into the B.C. banner final.
Campbell River came out on top by a 6-3 score. Earlier in the day, Burnaby defeated Penticton 6-2 in the semifinal to advance.
