The provincial hockey season is now complete.
With the exception of provincial finals, which will not be played until league champions are decided, the final provincial champion games were played over the weekend, with a pair of teams in action.
Both the Watrous Bantam C Hawks and the Drake Senior C Canucks were in action, looking to lock up provincial titles.
Bantam C
The Hawks came into the final where they took on Carnduff.
After a scare left the Hawks forced to win just to make the final, the boys from Watrous made sure it would not happen again.
Game one of the series came in Watrous on March 24.
With the home fans behind them, the Hawks came out flying, and scored early and often en route to a dominant 7-1 win.
With the win the Hawks went out on the road to Carnduff knowing a loss by five goals or fewer would be enough to claim the provincial title.
Despite the huge lead, the Hawks refused to take their foot off the gas.
After scoring approximately four minutes into the opening period, the Hawks offense exploded, scoring three times in the first period, and five times by the end of period two.
When the final horn sounded the Hawks were ahead 7-0, giving them a 14-1 win in the two-game total goals series.
The series win gave the Hawks their first provincial title.
It also brought to a close an excellent season, which included a league title.
Senior C
The Drake Canucks meanwhile, were in their own hunt for the provincial title when they took on the Theodore Buffalos.
The series kicked off in Theodore, where the Canucks drew first blood winning 6-1.
With the win, the Canucks came home to Drake leading the series 1-0, knowing a win would clinch the provincial title.
Unfortunately for the boys from Drake, defense was hard to come by in game two.
The Canucks gave up eight goals, with the first one coming 33 seconds in as they lost 8-6, and were forced to return to Theodore for a do-or-die game three.
After a wild game two, the third and deciding game was much more playoff like as goals were hard to come by.
The two teams played a tight checking affair, which went into the third period tied at one.
With time winding down, it was the Buffalos who found the back of the net, as they took game three 2-1 and the series 2-1, leaving Drake to settle for silver.
Despite failing to win provincials, it was still a solid season for the Canucks as they managed to win a provincial silver and a league title.
