With a 3-1 victory over RINK Hockey Academy Winnipeg (Winnipeg, MB) in the 2026 Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) U18 Prep Division II Western Championship, the North Shore Warriors (North Vancouver, BC) have won their first CSSHL Championship since 2020.
It’s the Warriors first CSSHL Championship since their rebrand, having previously won back-to-back U15 Western Championships in 2019 & 2020 under the West Van Academy brand.
RHA Winnipeg beat North Shore 4-3 in the round robin but both teams advanced directly to the finals, having finished first and second.
It was a quiet first period as Elias Mitrikas (36/37) and Chase Charriere (46/49) stopped 13 and 19 shots respectively.
North Shore would strike first in this one as Chase Heide took a puck hard to the net and Sidney Bellfoy buried a rebound into the empty cage. It would remain a 1-0 lead until defenseman Sean Murphy came down on the rush and fired one high off Charrier’s shoulder, with the puck tricking up and over and into the back of the net to give North Shore a 2-0 lead.
Bellfoy would add an insurance marker five minutes later as his cross ice pass hit a number of bodies before finding the back of the net.
A late North Shore penalty would give RHA Winnipeg a 6-on-4 advantage as they tried to at least get on the scoreboard. That they would do as defenseman Christian Pitz ended the Mitrikas shutout bid with just 11 seconds left.
North Shore would hold for the final 11 seconds, crowning them U18 Prep Division II Western Champions.
