The Blackfalds Bulldogs closed out the 2026 BCHL Showcase with a 5-2 loss to the Cowichan Valley Capitals on Wednesday, October 14, at the Silent Ice Center in Nisku.
After picking up a 3-2 win over Nanaimo the day before in front of scouts, the Bulldogs finished the event with a split. The Showcase remains a key early-season platform for player exposure, and the mixed results offer both positives to build on and areas to tighten as the season moves forward. As has been the case throughout this year, there has been very little media coverage of the team, and no video highlights were released from the Cowichan game.
Antoine Gauthier scored his third goal of the season to make it a 1-0 game for the Bulldogs at 10:36 of the first period with the assist on the goal going to Carter Matthews.
Capitals captain Slade Firkus tied the game up for the Capitals at 17:20 of the first period with a Power Play goal. Unassisted.
Shots on goal in the first period were 11-10 for the Bulldogs
Luke Walkauskas gives the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead a t3:24 of the second period with the assist on the goal going the Matthew Croxall.
Shots on goal in the second period one of the most boring periods ever watched were tied at 6-6.
Sherbrooke, Quebec native Raphael Messier ties the game up for the Capitals at 8:29 of the third period. The assist on the goal went to 20 year old London, Ontario native Carter DeKay.
Los Angeles native Trace Frieden gives the Caps a 3-2 lead at 12:28 of the third period. The assists on the goal went to Virden, Manitoba native Bryce Bryant and St. Paul, Minnesota native Casper Lang.
20 year old Ukrainian and former Dauphin King Havryl Simchuk scored his second goal of the season, unassisted at 15:23 of the third period to make it a 4-2 game for the Capitals.
Gleb Semenko fired the puck into the empty net wtih 1:47 remaining in the game to make it a 5-2 contest unassisted.
Shots on goal in the third period were 8-4 for the Capitals.
For the Capitals Noah Sinagowitz stopped 19 of the 21 shots that he faced for the win for the Capitals. For the Bulldogs Nico Armellin stopped 19 of the 23 that he faced.
Bulldogs next game is Friday October 16th in Blackfalds against the Spruce Grove Saints
