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AA Ravens reign at midget AA girls' hockey championships

Burnaby skaters shared third B.C. title in four years with Richmond club

Burnaby’s Marisa and Emily Chau shared in a provincial AA midget girls’ hockey banner with the Richmond Ravens.

Richmond Ravens
From left: Emily Chau, Melissa Phillips and captain Marisa Chau share a moment following winning B.C. AA midget girls' hockey title - contributed

The Ravens scored a recent 3-0 victory over the Vancouver Island Impact to win their third B.C. title in the last four years.

Two days later, the Ravens added the Ice Classic invitational tournament title to their mantel following a 3-1 win over the Washington Wild.

Richmond, the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association league champion, also won the Pacific Classic tournament this season, while placing second at the Sask Tel Female Challenge in Regina. The Ravens finished the season with an overall record of 50 wins, three ties, three losses and two overtime defeats.

The team was led by a core group of four graduating players, including captain Marisa Chau, assistant captain Alicia Voss, Biana Trottier and Ruth Shihundu.

Ravens’ coach AJ Sander, who coached his 1,500th game at the Sask Tel tourney, said the girls played hard.

“They really stuck together and played for each other,” he said.