Adam Brooks scored a hat trick, while Ty Edmonds made 37 saves to lead Team Manitoba to a 6-4 win over Team BC in Game 6 of the 2011 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup from Moose Jaw, SK. Team Manitoba will next face Team Alberta in the gold medal game on Sunday at 3:00pm while Team BC will square off against Team Saskatchewan in the bronze medal game at 11:00am at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, SK. The Team Alberta vs. Team Manitoba gold medal matchup will be a repeat of the inaugural event in 2009 in Blackfalds, AB, which Alberta won.
BC 4, MANITOBA 6
First Period
1 - MB - Brooks (Zalitach), 9:04
2 - MB - Lindgren (Schioler, Thomson), 15:20 PP
Second Period
3 - MB - Brooks 2 (Thomson, Starodub), 6:35
4 - BC - Virtanen (Sandhu, Skapski), 10:15
5 - MB - Kitt (Brooks, Hawryluk), 15:28
6 - BC - Gropp (Meyer), 17:54 SH
Third Period
7 - BC - Skapski (Sandhu, Dombrovskiy), 2:10 PP
8 - MB - Hawryluk (unassisted), 8:41
9 - BC - Virtanen 2 (Sandhu, Thrower), 13:44
10 - MB - Brooks 3 (unassisted), 19:44 EN
SOG:
BC: 6, 18, 17 = 41
MB: 13, 8, 7 = 28
Goalies:
McLeod (BC) – 22/27
Edmonds (MB) – 37/41
Players of the Game:
BC - Sandhu
MB - Brooks