The Coquitlam HC 14U AAA squad unleashed a relentless first-period attack to set the tone for a decisive 9-4 victory over Victoria HA. The home team came out flying, peppering the Victoria net with 14 shots in the opening frame and building a commanding 4-0 lead. The dynamic duo of Alexander Warren and Sora Kodama was unstoppable early on. Talon Anderson opened the scoring, but Kodama quickly took over, netting two goals—one on the power play—with Warren assisting on all three early tallies. Marko Mlinar capped the dominant period with a goal in the final minute, sending Coquitlam to the intermission in full control.
Victoria HA showed impressive resilience in the second period, completely flipping the script by outshooting Coquitlam 15-4 and mounting a furious three-goal comeback in under a minute. Ethan Kersten was the catalyst, scoring a power-play goal and then another just 12 seconds later to ignite the bench. Sebastian Byram followed up 35 seconds after that to make it a 5-3 game and suddenly put real pressure on the home side. However, Coquitlam's Yujun Lee, who had been setting the table all night, responded with a crucial goal to restore a three-goal cushion and effectively halt Victoria's momentum. Lee's goal, assisted by Grayson Ng and Sora Kodama, proved to be the game-winner.
Any hopes of a Victoria comeback were extinguished in the third period as Coquitlam reasserted their offensive dominance. After Austin Joyce scored for Victoria to make it 6-4, Coquitlam answered with three unanswered goals to put the game out of reach. Aaden Banman and Yujun Lee, who completed a hat-trick, found the net before Ziyi Liu added a shorthanded marker to seal the 9-4 final. The story of the game was Coquitlam's prolific top line, with Sora Kodama finishing with a goal and four assists and Yujun Lee tallying a hat-trick and four assists for a massive seven-point night, their chemistry proving too much for Victoria to contain despite a valiant effort in the middle frame.
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