For the first time in the three years of the Cliff Sharples Memorial Tournamant, Terrace’s flagship Peewee tournament, the hometown team has taken the top spot.
The Terrace Kermode Pizza Hut Peewee Reps hosted the 3rd annual tournament two weekends ago, with six teams from the northwest taking to the ice at the Terrace Sportsplex.
“The tournament was a huge success, with our team winning the championship for the first time,” said team manager Kevin Marleau.
Terrace went undefeated in the first four round robin games, ultimately defeating Smithers handily in Sunday’s final 12-2.
“It was truly a team effort over the entire tournament,” he said.
The tournament was founded in honour of Cliff Sharples, who was involved in Terrace Minor Hockey in a big way from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. He’s best remembered as the head coach of a group of players who won the AAA BC Provincial Championships on three separate occasions and sent two players to the NHL.
Last year’s returning champions, Dawson Creek, didn’t attend the tournament this year, citing scheduling conflicts.
The team’s next tournament is a Tier 2 tournament in Winfield Nov. 22 to 25.