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MAJOR BANTAM INVITATIONAL

Monday, October 28, 2019

The inaugural Major Bantam Invitational took place October 11 - 14, 2019 at the Sardis Sports Complex in Chilliwack, BC. All eight (8) BC Hockey Major Bantam AAA League (MBL) teams plus four (4) out-of-league teams competed for the banner, which ended up in the hands of the Greater Vancouver Canadians (GVC).

The teams in the tournament were:

Cariboo Cougars
Fort Saskatchewan Rangers
Fraser Valley Thunderbirds
Greater Vancouver Canadians
North Island Silvertips
Okanagan Rockets
Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (PCHA) Sea Devils
Shawnigan Lake Stags
Seattle Junior Bantam
Valley West Giants
Vancouver North East Chiefs
Vancouver North West Hawks

The tournament format was a three (3) game round robin, followed by playoffs that saw the top four (4) teams compete for the championship banner while the remaining eight (8) teams competed in two (2) consolation brackets.

STATS & RESULTS

The GVC went 5-0 in the tournament. They handed the Okanagan Rockets their first loss of the season with a 6 - 0 victory in the semifinals and then continued on to defeat the North Island Silvertips 4 - 2 in the final.

Aidan See (Port Alberni) from the North Island Silvertips led the tournament in scoring with 15 points (8G, 7A) in five (5) games. Following the tournament, the 2019 Major Bantam Invitational All-Star Team was named.

F – Aidan See (Port Alberni/North Island)

F – Lian Gayfer (Kamloops/Okanagan)

F – Tyler Halaburda (Victoria/PCHA)

D – Deandre Ivory (Seattle)

D – Sahilpreet Deol (Surrey/Valley West)

G – Remy Quintoro (Vancouver/Greater Vancouver)

Check out these interviews with Lian and Remy!

LIAN INTERVIEW

REMY INTERVIEW

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