The Dawson Creek Senior Canucks are the new Coy Cup champions, after blanking the Terrace River Kings in the third game of a best-of-three 3-0 Sunday evening to take the series 2-1.
With the exception of 2020 and 2021 where there was no hockey played, the Canucks have managed to win the last three times they vied for the Cup, in Williams Lake in 2018, Fort St. John in 2019 and, now, Terrace, in 2022.
"I think it was a team effort all the way around," said team captain Jeff Taylor. "We had to play 60 minutes strong and just play our game. When we do that, we're tough to beat."
The Canucks led 1-0 through 20 minutes and added two more markers in the second.
"I think we had a little more urgency in our game tonight versus the first two," said Taylor. "Other than maybe the second period of game 1, where we had a mental lapse, we've been able to play our game."
Goaltender Kenton White earned the shutout for the Canucks in game 3, but admits this championship was a lot harder to win the other two, which were playoff formats.
"This one was a whole lot harder playing the same team three times in a row, on the road in their home barn," White pointed out. "This was a battle...this was a war."
"The defence tonight was outrageous. The boys put it all on the line," said White when asked about the shutout win.
Former Dawson Creek Kodiaks' captain Brandon Rowley also made his first trip with the team to Terrace, and saw ice time in all three games.
"It's way more physical than junior hockey, that's for sure," said Rowley. "I like to use my speed and there were a few times that I was able to use it."
Rowley scored a goal in the series opener.
