Sockeyes Remembrance Day Ceremony Game

Halloween came early for the Sockeyes considering they served up treats over the Aldergrove Kodiaks in a contest that saw Beaudy Beaudin notched a hat-trick scoring three goals in the win.

Notching three goals seemed easy considering that the third goal was on a penalty shot in the last minute of the spirited match-up that saw the officials assess numerous penalties to each team.

Richmond skated not only to a 7-1 win that saw them grab all three stars with Beaudy Beaudin named first star, Teo Lin second star and Charlie Swartz third star while Oliver Read went home with the win.

Next up saw them visit the Trailblazers in a contest where Read was given the night off sending Mathias Hasselmann in net where he stopped 35 of the 37 shots he faced in the 4-2 win.

This game saw Port Coquitlam jump out to a 2-0 lead early in the first only to have Alex Kielmann grab two with the first at 7:36 while the second and tying goal was at 14:57 on the power play.

This match-up wasn’t as spirited as the previous game but this had more shots on goal with Sockeyes Mathias Hasselmann turning aside 35 of the 37 he faced while Keiran Caughran stopped 41 of the 44 he faced.

Alex Kielmann was named games first star while Charlie Gardiner and Bailey Ewonus were named second and third respectively.

Returning home was the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony game with the White Rock Whalers visiting the “Fish Tank” stealing a 3-2 win in a fast paced spirited game in front of over 300 fans.

The Sockeyes welcomed the flag party from the 195 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Bicknell on the ice followed by the trumpeter who played the Last Post followed by one minute of silence which he then played Rouse.

The building was in “awe” with the professionalism shown by the young cadets that might have some join the Armed Forces as a career.

Our thanks to the 609 Steveston Squadron Trumpeter and the 195 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps for their participation that saw the dignitaries step on the ice.

First on the ice was the Commanding Officer of the 195 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Bicknell, Lefttenant Olga Kapustina.

She was followed by the Commanding Officer of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets 609 Steveston Squadron Major Amy Mei and third was the Commanding Officer of 2381 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, Captain Raven McCallum.

Both team Captains came together for the ceremonial face-off which saw the teams face the flag for the anthem after which the fans gave the color party a resounding applause.

Once over it was game on that saw Sockeyes Dawson Sucke open the scoring at 4:06 controlling the first only until 19:55 when the Whalers tied the game bringing a face-paced first period to an end.

This contest saw Armann Kaila get the start for Richmond who stopped 38 of the 41 shots he faced while the Whalers started Garin Wickstrom who turned aside 40 of the 42 he faced.

This game had all the hype for another Remembrance Day Ceremony game that continues to draw a solid crowd each year.

The Sockeyes return home for upcoming games each Thursday with the opening face-off at 7:05 pm.