Lake Cowichan’s Wesley Blanchette follows puck carrier Carter Pehota up the ice. The Lake Cowichan Lakers were playing eventual tournament winners, Campbell River, on Saturday, Nov. 26. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)
Laker Carter Pehota tries to chase down a Campbell River player. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)
Wesley Blanchette breaks away during the Lake Cowichan Lakers game against eventual tournament winners, Campbell River, on Saturday, Nov. 26. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)
Carter Pehota takes the faceoff with Landon Smith looking on. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)
Wesley Blanchette strips the Campbell River player of the puck. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)
Lakers Wesley Blanchette (left) and Jax Weir follow the puck across the ice. The Lake Cowichan Lakers played eventual tournament winners, Campbell River, on Saturday, Nov. 26. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)
Wesley Blanchette on the rush during gameplay against the eventual tournament winners, Campbell River, on Saturday, Nov. 26. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)
Jesse Leach battles for the puck with a Campbell River player when the Lake Cowichan Lakers played the eventual tournament winners on Saturday, Nov. 26. (Sarah Simpson/Gazette)Eight teams gathered in Lake Cowichan for the U11 South Shore Cabinetry Lakers home tournament Nov. 25-27.
The final game, held on Nov. 27, featured Campbell River and Cowichan Valley with Campbell River winning the game 9-3 to take the tournament title.
The bronze medal game had Vancouver besting Kerry Park by a 6-3 score.
The host Lake Cowichan Lakers placed fifth, falling to Oceanside 11-4 in their final game of the tournament.
In their first victory of the season, Sooke beat Alberni Valley 4-3 for seventh and eighth place respectively.
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