Western Hurricanes

Hurricanes Make Final Four at Provincials

   
The top four teams from the NSMBHL regular season all qualified for the semi finals following the preliminary round of play at the 2014 NSMBHL provincial championship.  This guaranteed a battle to see who would get the top prize.

Before getting to the semi finals, the Hurricanes had 3 wins and one loss in the preliminary round with a 3 -2 win over Nova Jr. Xmen, a 2 - 0 win over Cole Harbour, a 3 - 1 win over Dartmouth and a 1 - 0 loss against Bedford giving the Hurricanes the 2nd seed for the playoff round and facing the third seed Bay Gulls.  Meanwhile top seed Bedford faced off against Cape Breton as fourth seed.

In the first semi final, Bedford defeated Cape Breton 4 - 2 to advance to the championship final.  The Hurricanes and Bay Gulls battled hard in their semi final and were knotted at a 3 - 3 tie until with just over 1 minute left in regulation when the Gulls scored the winner to take a 4 -3 win.

In the bronze medal game against Cape Breton, again another hard battle was on display.  Regulation time could not determine a winner as the score was tied at 3 -3.  However, at about the 8 minute mark of overtime, Cape Breton scored the winner to defeat the Hurricanes.  Bay Gulls went on to defeat the Bedford squad in the championship game 3 -2 in overtime. 

Congratulations to the Bay Gulls team on the win and best of luck representing Nova Scotia and the NSMBHL at the Atlantic Championships in early April.

Depsite the loss in the semi final and bronze medal game, the entire Hurricanes organization is very proud of its players who had a highly succesful season of winning and carrying on the tradition of Hurricanes Hockey.  With a silver medal won at Esso Atlantic Challenge Cup and the Memorial Tournament along with an overall season record of 40 wins, 12 loses and 8 ties for the entire season.  Not to mention the laughs, fun and life long friendships that were created.

Great job guys !