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Bronze for Couitlam Chiefs at AAA tourney

Squad defeated Vancouver 8-4 in consolation game

Players on the Coquitlam Chiefs came home with bronze medals after a trip to the B.C. Provincial Championships in Como Valley last week. 

The midget AAA club defeated the Vancouver Thunderbirds in the third-place game, taking down the Lower Mainland opponents 8-4.

The victory capped a solid tournament for the Chiefs, which went 3-3 in the six games they played. 

Coquitlam started off the tournament with a resounding 9-0 victory over Saanich, before falling the next day to Kelowna 3-2. The Chiefs lost a second 3-2 match to the Northeast Trackers before bouncing back with a win 1-0 against the hosting Como Valley team. 

A 3-0 loss to Prince George, the eventual tournament winners, knocked Coquitlam out of contention, but the team won its consolation game on the last day of the tournament to take home third place. 

Prince George took first overall with a 6-1 showing during the week-long tournament, while Kelowna ended up finishing second place. Vancouver came in fourth after Coquitlam and Saanich rounded out the top five with a 2-2-2 record.

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