It was an overwhelming success.
New Westminster Minor Hockey hosted its annual Bobby Love Atom and Al Hughes Peewee Memorial hockey tournaments at Queen’s Park and Moody Arena, delivering some good action in the process.
The Port Moody Panthers won the atom title, edging out the New West C1 Royals 6-3. The Royals had jumped out to a 3-1 lead after one period, but Port Moody replied with five unanswered goals to skate away with the gold.
Finishing third was New West’s C2 team, which was also recognized as the Most Sportsmanlike Team..
To get into the final, New West slipped past previously unbeaten Aldergrove 4-3.
Nine teams competed in the atom series, with Powell River a last-minute addition.
In the Al Hughes Memorial tourney, Ridge Meadows C7 got a goal with two minutes remaining in the third to slip past Aldergrove C3 by a 3-2 margin for the gold.
Semiahmoo finished third.
