The Northern Alberta Xtreme (NAX) beat Yale Hockey Academy 5-1 to capture their first ever Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) U15 Western Championships.
After a scoreless first Kale Breton gave NAX the lead 2:49 into the second when he collected a puck in front, made a move to his backhand and slid it past Aiden Lazazzera (29/34). Midway through the second period NAX would extend the advantage on a 2-on-1 when a shot from Kyle Denis would sneak through Lazazzera’ s legs and Jackson Tetreault (1G, 1A) would bury the loose puck into the open net.
Daniel Havard would would get Yale on the board late in the second period when Adrian Comeau found him in front and Havard slid the puck through Cam Hoose’s ((35/36) legs.
Yale would control the opening minutes of the third period before Breton scored his second goal of the game on a lucky bounce with 7:55 remaining. With time winding down, Blake Wilejto would be left all alone in front and make no mistake to add a power play goal for NAX with 1:51 remaining. Jaggar John would secure the win with an empty net goal with 55 seconds left.
Edge School were the 2022 U15 Western Champions, marking the second straight season an Alberta team has captured the trophy after six straight years of a BC team winning it.