Glacier Avalanche wins state championship
The Glacier Avalanche Peewee A are, back row from left, Finn Safir, Landon Hindman, Adam Healy, Jack Muhlfeld, Sam Trufant, Austin Dodson and Cody Polumbus. Front row kneeling are Luke Craig, Aven Ames and Cody Tveidt. Goalie is Blake Blandon. Not pictured are Maya Lacey, and head coach Jock Craig and assistant coach Clint Muhlfeld.
The Glacier Avalanche Peewee A won the Montana Amateur Hockey Association’s 12U Division A state championship Sunday in Billings.
The 12-player team defeated Billings (6-2), Missoula (6-4), and Helena (8-0) to advance as the top seed in Sunday’s championship.
The Glacier Avalanche beat the Billings Bulls, 5-1, in the championship game.
The win represents Glacier’s third consecutive Montana state A title for the 2006 birth year members of the team based in Whitefish. The team’s record is 30-8-1 in league and tournament play across Montana and Western Canada.
The team also played in British Columbia’s (Canada) East Kootenay League this year and placed second in the Peewee A championship against Kimberley on Feb. 24 in Cranbrook.