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Game 1
Men Regina 19 Storm 2
Three Stars:
1. Marshall Young, Regina (5 goals)
2. Noah Miller, Regina (1 goal)
3. Petros Aiginitis, Regina (3 goals)

The Regina Squids won easily playing man-up the entire game due to the late arrival of several key Storm players. Regina all but secures a spot in the second round crossover, leaving the Storm with an uphill battle to qualify for the Calgary tournament in April.

Game 2
Men Calgary A 17 Calgary B 2
Three Stars:
1. Chris Baradoy, Calgary A (4 goals)
2. Brendan O'Grady, Calgary A (9 saves)
3. Adam Bobawsky, Calgary B (1 goal)

Calgary's experienced A team was too big and too fast for their younger counterparts claiming a lopsided win.

Game 3
Women Neptunes 4 Renegades 9
Three Stars:
1. Brooke Zimmerman, Calgary (3 goals)
2. Julie Csikos, Calgary (3 goals)
3. Svetlana Shevtsova, Neptunes (9 blocks)

A close game a half time, largely due to solid goaltending by Shevtsova, was broken open when Calgary scored 3 fourth period goals. Two of the goals came off of counter-attacks after their drop-and-gap defense produced easily saved long outside shots.

Game 4
Women Storm 21 Bushido 3
Three Stars:
1. Sue Gardiner, Storm (8 goals)
2. Kerry Kaukinen, Storm (4 goals)
3. Stephanson, Kelci, Bushido (1 goal)

The Bushido played a strong game despite the lopsided score. Vancouver was a much stronger, faster, more experienced team, led by national team member Sue Gardiner's 8 gaols.

Game 5
Men Storm 11 UBC 4
Three Stars:
1. Boonzayer, Storm (3 goals)
2. Chris Girard, Dynamo (2 goals)
3. Kevin Mitchell, Storm (2 goals)

The Storm kept their crossover hopes alive after a decisive win against the Dynamo. Kevin Mitchell shut down the Dynamo's main scoring threat, Philippe Kirsanov and Boonzayer scored three goals to lead the Storm, who never trailed in the entire game.

Game 6
Men Regina 21 Calgary B 5
Three Stars:
1. Marshall Young, Regina (5 goals)
2. Noah Miller, Regina (4 goals)
3. Kevin Graham, Regina (2 goals)

Regina won easily with superior size, speed and experience, however, Calgary B showed that their future in this league is positive with 5 goals and several missed chances.

Game 7
Women Bushido 4 Neptunes 8
Three Stars:
1. Julia Brooks, Neptunes (3 goals)
2. Heather Carson, Bushido (1 goal)
3. Svetlana Shevstova, Neptunes (8 blocks)

The Neptunes took early 3-0 and 5-1 leads cruising to victory led by Julia Brooks' 3 goals.

Game 8
Women Storm 7 Renegades 4
(1-1, 4-2, 5-4, 7-4)
Three Stars:
1. Sue Gardiner, Storm (2 goals)
2. Julie Csikos, Renegades (3 goals)
3. Angela Johnson, Storm (2 goals)

In a tight defensive battle where quality shots were hard to come by, the Storm managed to stake a 3 goal lead early in the third quarter. The Renegades brought the game back to within one goal by the end of the third, but two counter-attack goals by the Storm in the fourth quarter sealed the victory.

Game 9
Men Storm 9 Calgary A 8
(3-1, 4-5, 7-6, 9-8)
Three Stars:
1. Kevin Mitchell, Storm (3 goals)
2. Nathaniel Miller, Calgary A (2 goals)
3. Iain Lark, (1 goal)

This game was played at high level of intensity and the outcome was not decided until the last second of the game when Kevin Mitchell scored bar-head-in. Both teams had to adjust as the both national team hole-men were disqualified from the game.

Game 10
Men UBC 8 Regina 13
(2-4, 2-7, 4-11, 8-13)
Three Stars:
1. Marshall Young, Regina (5 goals)
2. Noah Miller, Regina (4 goals)
3. Kevin Graham, Regina (2 goals)

Regina secured its spot in the second round with a convincing win over an un-energetic Dynamo team.

Game 11
Women Neptunes 3 Storm 13
(1-5, 2-6, 2-9, 3-13)
Three Stars:
1. Laura Shaw, Storm (5 goals)
2. Sue Gardiner, Storm (3 goals)
3. Kelly Waters, Neptunes

The Storm broke the game open early, cruising to a ten goal victory.

Game 12
Women Renegades 13 Bushido 3
(3-2, 6-2, 10-2, 13-3)
Three Stars:
1. Ellen Rafferty, Renegades (10 blocks)
2. Kelly Brown, Renegades (2 goals)
3. Kelci Stephanson, Bushido (2 goals)

The Renegades blew the game open in the middle periods and keeping the Bushido scoreless, largely due to the stops of goalie, Ellen Rafferty.

Game 13
Men Dynamo 10 Calgary B 4
(4-1, 4-1, 8-3, 10-4)
Three Stars:
1. Philippe Kirsanov, Dynamo (5 goals)
2. Chris Girard, Dynamo (3 goals)
3. Bryce Vanderburg, Calgary B (2 goals)

The Dynamo duo of Kirsanov and Girard provided enough offense (8 goals) to beat the Calgary B team.

Game 14
Men Regina 8 Calgary A 7
(3-1, 5-2, 7-4, 8-7)
Three Stars:
1. Kevin Graham, Regina (2 goals)
2. Curtis Peterson, Calgary A (3 goals)
3. Justin Beitel, Regina (7 blocks)

Regina secured the spot of top seed for the cross-over round by beating Calgary in an exciting physical game. Regina dictated the pace of the game in the first half to build up an early lead, extending it to as much as 7-2 in the third quarter. Justin Beitel was particularly strong early, taking away several good scoring opportunities. Calgary finally picked up the energy towards the end of the third and chipped away at the lead, brining the game back to one goal. It was not enough as Regina hung on to win, pleasing the vocal hometown crowd.

Game 15
Men Calgary A 8 Dynamo 4
(1-0, 3-0, 5-2, 8-4))
Three Stars:
1. Nathaniel Miller, Calgary A (3 goals)
2. Mike Reid, Dynamo (2 goals)
3. Vlad Cosic, Calgary A (4 goals)

The Dynamo could not stop national team players Nathaniel Miller and Vladamir Cosic as Calgary sailed to an easy victory.

Game 16
Men Storm 9 Calgary B 2
(2-1, 3-2, 7-2, 9-2)
Three Stars:
1. Kevin Mitchell, Storm (3 goals)
2. Jamie Welbourn, Calgary B (1 goal)
3. Tom Courtemanche, Strom (2 goals)

A high powered, but lack-lusted Storm team started slowly missing the net on consecutive opportunities. National team members Kevin Mitchell and Dan Stein put the young Calgary players away with two goals each in the fourth quarter.

Game 17 - Exhibition
Women Storm 8 Renegades 5
(2-1, 5-1, 6-1, 8-5)
Three Stars:
1. Carmen Eggens, Storm (3 goals)
2. Nicola Ryan, Storm (2 goals)
3. Emily Csikos, Renegades (2 goals)

In the exhibition cross-over of the top two women's teams, the Storm demonstrated how their size and speed could control a game. A three goal second period blew the game open as the Storm finished the tournament as the top women's team in the West.

Game 18 - Exhibition
Women Neptunes 4 Bushido 7
(0-1, 0-3, 3-5, 4-7)
Three Stars:
1. Shelagh Pizey-Allen, Bushido (7 blocks)
2. Erika Brown, Neptunes (2 goals)
3. Bronwyn Fehr, Bushido (1 goal)

The steady improvement of the Bushido was highlighted b this last game victory over their Winnipeg counterparts. The young team managed to score 5 power play goals as goalie Pizey-Allen blanked the more-experienced Neptunes for the first half.

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