Week 1 Wrap-Up

Week 1 of the 2025 WCSLA regular season featured a full slate of games.

Sunday afternoon in New Westminster, the visiting Victoria Shamrocks spoiled the Salmonbellies' home opener with an 18-4 victory. The visitors jumped out to a 9-1 advantage after the first period and cruised to their first win of season, outshooting the hosts 62-25. Rylee Marsh led the attack with 2 goals and 5 assists, with Colin Jeffrey and Dustin Hanzelka combining for 21 saves in net.

The later match Sunday in Coquitlam saw the reigning champion Ladner Pioneers spoil the home floor return of the Bandits by defeating the hosts 10-8. The Bandits led 3-1 heading into the first intermission, but the Pioneers (1-0) took charge in the middle frame outscoring Coquitlam 7-3 and hung on for their initial win. Dylan Lacroix (3G, 2A) and Coady Adamson (2G, 3A) led scoring and Alex Buque turned aside 53 of 61 shots for his first W of the campaign.

Wednesday night in Nanaimo, the Timbermen were upended by their island rival Shamrocks 10-7. Victoria (2-0) outscored Nanaimo (0-1) by one goal each period in a very close match. Rylee Marsh (5G) and Jackson Boyd (5A) were the points leaders and Colin Jeffrey notched the win between the pipes.

The second game Wednesday featured the Bandits visiting the Salmonbellies, with Coquitlam walking away with an 18-3 decision. The Bandits had a 4-2 lead after 20 minutes and blew the game wide open in the middle stanza 7-0 and cruised the rest of the way over the struggling 'Bellies (0-2). Erik Forsselius had a monster night with 6 goals and 4 assists, and Connor Nichols picked up the win in net by blocking 28 of 31 shots.

The final match of opening week saw the Bandits travel to North Shore Friday night and ruin the Indians' home opener by a score of 8-3. Coquitlam (2-1), led by Brendan Murray (1G, 4A), never trailed and outshot the Indians (0-1) 60-47. Tristan Lomas stopped 44 of 47 shots in goal for his first win.

After one week of play, Coquitlam's Erik Forsselius leads scoring with 12 points, Victoria's Jackson Boyd leads with 9 goals and Victoria's Rylee Marsh leads with 10 assists. Coquitlam's Connor Nichols leads in save percentage (0.903) and goals against average (3.00).

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