Sockeyes Success Continues

With the first half of the PJHL season completed the Sockeyes found themselves sitting in first place in the Tom Shaw Conference at times playing leap-frog with the Delta Ice Hawks.

The month of December saw the Sockeyes set up a food hamper which saw the fans drop off non-perishable food items each Thursday home game which was well received by not just the fans but also team personnel as well.

The holidays saw them hosting the PJHL Winter Classic where each team played a home and home series with the one exception being the Coastal Tsunami  who played a home game December 30th finishing the Classic playing the last game of the four days. 

The Sockeyes continue to bounce between first and second in the Tom Shaw Conference fending off the Delta Ice Hawks playing a fast aggressive game to the  delight of their solid fan base.

Goals for the Sockeyes for the most part are not overly hard to come by given the talent they have loaded up with that has the team playing as a unit while at times getting “tagged” with the odd penalty infraction.

The first half of the season saw the PJHL’s Top Prospects game that saw five players play as well as Head Coach Cullen Revel behind the bench as well as GM and Director of Hockey Operations Will Kump set things in motion from the organizational point of view.

Entering into the  second half of the season they are sending Conference top scorer Nicholas Noren along with PJHL 100-gamers Michael McIntyre, Teo Lin and goalie Matthias Hasselmann to the All-Star game. 

The game is hosted by the Port Coquitlam Trailblazers playing in their home rink which has the top players from each conference facing off with both sides looking to pull out the win.

With the trading dead-line looming the Sockeyes managed to acquire Max Fowle who previously played with Mission who was the 2023-24 named PJHL Goaltender of the Year.

The month started off in a battle that saw Po Coq pull off a 6-4 win in a game that went the full sixty minutes that saw stellar goaltending at each end of the rink that featured a penalty shot.

Fowle was tested early and often but getting used to a new team can take time which was the case in this game, but regardless of  his first game he played solid.

The next test will be tough as they are hosting the Chilliwack Jets who are coming off a five game winning streak while the Sockeyes are riding a 3 wins and 2 losses so looking to rebound in the win column.

The tunnel series continues  with the Sockeyes hosting the Ice Hawks January 16th that draws fans from south of the tunnel in a series that everyone welcomes. 

With the trading dead-line fast approaching in the next article I’ll keep you posted as to any movement the Sockeyes pull off.

The Sockeyes continue to put a winning team on the ice looking to repeat from playing in last year’s league championship match-up looking to advance to the Provincial Championship.