Okanagan Hockey academy Prep team came away with a silver medal at the Team Ohio Invitational over the weekend. The team finished first overall in the tournament after the round robin, and advanced to the final by beating the Pittsburgh Predators in the semi final. Prep opened the scoring in the final game on a nice 2 on 1 pass by Brett Harding to Marcus Dahl would tiped into top shelf on the Michigan Elite goalie. Prep lead 1-0 after the first. The second saw the Prep team getting into penalty trouble. Michigan never capitalized on there oppurtunites that period but they gained a shift in momentum with the man adavantage for most of the second. In the 3rd Michigan took the lead and never looked back. Their second goalie come off a point shot early in the 3rd that beat a screaned Christian Kames. Michigan took a 2 goal lead shortly after on a identical point shot from a Michigan defender.
"On the big scale the tournament was a huge success for this group, we improved in all areas of our game. The only dissapointment was not winning gold, but with the continued development of this group we will be stronger as the year moves on" Doug Jackman, Assistant Coach
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