Burnaby’s Tyler Morley saw both sides of the coin in recent days.
The University of Alaska Nanooks centre became the 32nd player in the school’s history to crack the century mark in points, contributing five points over two games against Northern Michigan.
The achievement earned Morley the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s offensive player of the week honour for Nov. 2 to 8.
With his parents in attendance, the 5-foot-8 junior scored three times and set up two others to pace the league in weekly scoring.
It came a week after the former Surrey Eagle had to serve a one-game suspension from a blindside hit he delivered in a game against Minnesota State.
In his first game back, Morley contributed two goals and an assist in a 5-2 win over Northern Michigan.
This past week, he added to his career totals with a hat trick in a win over Bemidji State.
Netball tourney at Fortius
The 2015 Western Canadian netball championships are taking over Burnaby’s Fortius Centre this weekend.
Players from B.C. and Alberta in the under-18 and u-20 divisions will compete for territorial bragging rights. A majority of B.C.’s lineup in both divisions includes plenty of Burnaby talent.
The tourney starts Saturday, with games at 1:30 and 3 p.m.
Action continues Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with the last game of the day slated to start at 2 p.m.
All games are at the Fortius Centre, 3713 Kensington Avenue. Spectators are welcome.
Burnaby marks sports day
It’s sports-palooza in Burnaby, and kids of all ages are invited to get involved.
As part of national Sports Day in Canada, the city has a host of activities planned to encourage fun physical activity, including toonie skates, loonie swims, family soccer and an all-ages dance jam.
Friday’s slate of events, labelled Jersey Day, includes free entry into the Confederation Centre’s Sports Hall of Fame, toonie skates at both Bill Copeland Sports Centre and Kensington Complex and an Eileen Dailly all-ages sports swim.
Saturday’s Sports Day kicks off with family soccer drills and thrills at Burnaby Lake West, family table tennis at Bonsor complex and a youth dodgeball tournament at Edmonds Community Centre.For a full calendar of events, visit burnaby.ca/sportsday.
