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PoCo's Pearce looks ahead after Dinos’ defeat

Port Moody’s Spencer Edwards finished his university hockey playing days last Saturday while teammate Elgin Pearce from Port Coquitlam will be returning to the University of Calgary Dinos for the 2016/’17 season.
Elgin Pearce and Spencer Edwards
Port Coquitlam's Elgin Pearce (left) and Port Moody’s Spencer Edwards played for University of Calgary Dinos hockey team.

A playoff defeat was the end one Tri-City hockey player’s university career but just the next step for another.

Port Moody’s Spencer Edwards finished his university hockey playing days last Saturday while teammate Elgin Pearce from Port Coquitlam will be returning to the University of Calgary Dinos for the 2016/’17 season.

Last weekend, the Dinos were eliminated from further Can West action when they dropped two semifinal games — one by a 4-3 score in double overtime last Friday, then 5-3 on Saturday — to the U.  of Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon.

“My teammates and coaches have helped me develop a lot as a player,” Pearce said. “This year was a good season for everyone but we just didn’t go as far as we would have liked.”

In his career so far with the Dinos, Pearce has compiled a point-a-game total of 30 goals and 30 assists in 60 games.

This year, he led the team in points during the regular season and had six goals and one assist in seven playoff games against the Huskies and  the University of Manitoba in the quarterfinals. In Saturday night’s game, he had a goal and an assist for the Dinos.

When asked about a crucial moment in the series, Pearce pointed to the double-overtime goal by Huskies captain Kendell McFaull last Friday night. The Huskies outshot the Dinos 78-34 in the game while on Sunday the Huskies outshot the Dinos 34-18.

“That is how I look at it now,” Pearce said. “We certainly felt we could still win the series [after Friday’s game] but, looking back on it now, the overtime goal was the turning point.”

And while Pearce is coming back to the team next season, this series marked the last game for Edwards in CIS men’s hockey. “It was a tough way for the season to see the season end but I am proud of the way we played,” Edwards said. “I would not be surprised if the Huskies won the league title. They are a very good team.”