The West Kootenay midget house playoffs took place the first weekend in March in Rossland and Trail.
The Grand Forks midget team got off to a slow start on Friday, losing 4-0 to the Nelson 2 team; however, it came back strong on Saturday, winning against Boundary 6-5 in the morning and beating Nakusp 4-3 in the afternoon to put the team first in its pool and into the semifinals.
The team played Nelson 1 in the semifinal on Sunday morning.
Grand Forks led for most of the game but Nelson came back and tied it with less than one minute in regulation, after pulling its goalie. Grand Forks went on to win the game in overtime 3-2 to make it into the final and a chance to bring home the banner.
The team played Nakusp in the championship game. It was a tight game but Grand Forks ending up losing 5-2 after an empty net goal with a minute and a half remaining in the game.
The parents and players would like to thank their coaches, Al Jmayoff and Blair Moen, and team manager Jennifer Horahan, for all their time and effort to make this a successful hockey season for the team.
The team members are Tyler Coupland, Dan Dimock, Kaden Dolan (alternate captain), Troy Frith, Ian Horahan (alternate captain), John Hovde, Julian Jmayoff, Braydon McIver, Trey McPeek (goalie), Daniel Moen, Kyle Odland (captain), Marc Peron and William Vautour.