It is June 1st and there is still junior hockey going on. It has been a very long season for Brooks considering they went to Sweden at the beginning of the season in August. LINK. The Bandits beat the Eagles 4-1 in Game 2 to win the Rocky Mountain Challenge in Brooks. Lots of people are still confused on this series to an extent. Does this mean that Brooks are this years BCHL Champions or will this series go down with an asterisk next to it?
In No Way am I saying Brooks did not deserve to win that series, but I will say the effort that appeared to come from the Surrey Eagles looked very minimal. I have seen more effort from people picking up garbage for community service than I did from the Eagles. Like they didn’t want to be there at all and or were just exhausted and wanted the season to end. The series almost reminded me of that South Park episode where all the kids wanted to lose in little league so they could go home and not play anymore.
Hunter Wallace gets Brooks on the board first shorthanded with the assist going to Quinn McCall at 6:32 of the first period.
Nathan Free scores on the Power Play to give the Bandits a 2-0 lead with the helpers going to Mirko Buttazzoni and Parker Lalonde at 9:40 of the first period.
Jordan Hughesman scores to make it 3-0 at 14:47 of the first period with the assists going to Logan Sawyer and Brock Souch.
Shots on goal in the first period were 17-6 for the Bandits
19 year old Surrey, BC native Savek Brar puts one in for the Eagles at 15:04 of the second period. The assists on the goal went to Miles Burgin and Antonio Bevacqua.
Shots on goal in the second period were 17-3 for the Bandits
Parker Lalonde makes it 4-1 just 40 seconds into the third period on the Power Play with the assists going to Calen Fitzpatrick and Nicholas DeGraves
Shots on goal in the third period were 17-7 for the Bandits
Johnny Hicks made 15 saves on the 16 shots that he faced for the win for the Bandits. For the Surrey Eagles Jaiden Sharma got the start for the Eagles. (He never even dressed last night). Sharma made 47 saves on the 51 shots that he faced.
Three Stars of the game 1) Hunter Wallace 2) Nic DeGraves 3) Calen Fitzpatcik
Hunter Wallace was named the Rocky Mountain Challenge MVP
Attendance in Brooks was 1688
