Old Timer’s advance, men’s Tritons eliminated last week

Invictus Games 2017 gold medal winner Lt(N) Krista Seguin is joined by Esquimalt Tritons’ Capt(N) Jason Boyd (right) and Comox Flyers’ MCpl Alex Coles for the ceremonial opening puck drop to commence the Men’s Pacific Region Hockey qualifier at the Wurtele Arena Dec. 4. Photo by Peter Mallett, Lookout

Invictus Games 2017 gold medal winner Lt(N) Krista Seguin is joined by Esquimalt Tritons’ Capt(N) Jason Boyd (right) and Comox Flyers’ MCpl Alex Coles for the ceremonial opening puck drop to commence the Men’s Pacific Region Hockey qualifier at the Wurtele Arena Dec. 4. Photo by Peter Mallett, Lookout

Peter Mallett, Staff Writer ~

Esquimalt’s Old Timer’s Tritons hockey team advanced to the National Canadian Armed Forces Championship Tournament with a 2-0 series sweep of the Comox Silver Totems in Pacific region qualifying action last week.

The senior Tritons opened their best-of-three series at Wurtele Arena with a 1-0 win on Dec. 4 and then eliminated their Royal Canadian Air Force rivals with a 4-1 win in Game 2 the next day.

Tritons goaltender, Chief Petty Officer Second Class Ken Simoneau earned series Most Valuable Player (MVP) honours for allowing just one goal over two games.

Esquimalt now moves on to face the four other regional tournament winners in the national championship tournament at CFB Borden, March 17 to 22, 2018.

Esquimalt’s men’s Triton team were not as fortunate and suffered a 2-1 series defeat to 19 Wing Comox Flyers with a 4-3 Game 3 loss on Dec. 6. The Flyers took a 4-0 second-period lead by scoring three of their goals in a span of 68 seconds despite a three-goal, last-gasp rally by the Tritons late in the third period.

Comox opened the series with a 4-3 win over the Tritons on Dec. 4, but Esquimalt then rallied for a 6-3 Game 2 win to force the tie breaker.

Master Corporal Alex Coles, a forward with the Flyers, earned series MVP Honours.

This season’s Men’s championship tournament will also be hosted by CFB Borden, March 3 to 8, 2018.

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