B.C.'s under-16 hockey team failed to win a second straight gold medal at the Western Challenge Cup in Calgary on Sunday.
Alberta bettered B.C., which included Northwest Giants defenceman Dante Fabbro and forwards Tak Anholt, Quinn Benjafield and Keyvan Mokhtari of Burnaby, 4-2 in the championship final.
It was the second time in the tournament that Alberta got the better of the West Coast reps. The Alberta rep team also defeated B.C. 3-2 in overtime in earlier round-robin play.
Fabbro scored his first goal of the competition, including the game-tying goal that sent the game to extra time.
Fabbro also assisted on three other B.C. goals, helping out with a set up in B.C.'s 5-4 win over Saskatchewan in the opener.
Last season's minor hockey player of the year also assisted on a pair of B.C. goals in B.C.'s 3-2 overtime win over Manitoba, including the OT winner, on Day 2 of the competition.
Mokhtari also scored a goal for B.C. in the win over Saskatchewan.
Brody Wilms of Coquitlam stopped 36 of 40 shots on goal for B.C. in the gold-medal final.
