Editor’s note: This week, the Herald features a special dispatch from our rec league correspondent.
Another year, another championship.
The Merritt Rec League season came to a conclusion on March 14 and the right team won yet again.
The regular season was really a two horse race with the Jagerbombs (JB) finishing a few points ahead of the Vipers, followed by the Maniacs and the lowly Lagers.
As they say, the playoffs is a new season, but the results were quite similar.
In the first game JB beat the Lagers in a close 7-6 win as the Lagers choked in the second period, surrendering a four goal lead.
The Vipers handily beat the Maniacs 5-3 in the second game of the playoffs. The third game saw the JB squad squeak through with an overtime win over the Vipers (which the Vipers would remember).
The fourth game saw the Maniac goalies single handedly disperse of the Lagers and sent them packing.
Game five became an epic battle between the favorite Vipers and the Maniacs. It went back and forth as the Vipers toyed with the Maniacs before ending their championship dreams with only a handful of seconds left in overtime.
With the Jagerbombs waiting, the Vipers came into the final game on a high. Despite surrendering an early lead, the Vipers came back to shatter the hopes of the younger JB team.
With secondary scoring from Sahota, Zakall and Peters, there was no looking back and the Vipers went on to destroy the Jagerbombs 5-1 to bring home the Cup.
Special thanks to Maniac Garcia for playing goalie in the final as Morrissey was scratched.
