Red River Cup: Winnipeg East wins gold medal over West – Nova Scotia takes the bronze

The week long under-16 tournament known as the Red River Cup concluded on Saturday with a bronze-meal round robin tourney and a gold medal game. In the bronze-medal tournament team Nova Scotia came out on top. The gold medal game featuring Winnipeg East and Winnipeg West saw the team from the east winning 28 to 21.

Final standings:
Gold – Winnipeg East, Silver – Winnipeg West, Bronze – Nova Scotia. 4th – Thunder Bay and 5th Westman.

Tournament MVPs:
Matt Mitchler (Westman), David Nisbet (scotia), Chris Pereira (Wpeg West), Drenin Busch (Wpeg east)

Bronze medal MVPs: Caleb White (Tbay) Keegan Herperger (Westman) and David Nisbet (scotia)

The U16 Red River Cup is a week long tournament held in Manitoba that showcases elite talent in 5 different regions of Manitoba and Ontario (Westman, Winnipeg West, Winnipeg East and Thunder Bay) as well as Nova Scotia.

Round Robin Standings
1 Winnipeg East 3-0-1 (78-28)
2 Winnipeg West 3-1-0 (100-59)
3 Thunder Bay 1-2-1 (31-49)
4 Nova Scotia 1-2-1 (49-52)
5 Westman 0-3-1 (13-83)

Monday Game Results

Nova Scotia 14 Winnipeg West 21
Winnipeg East 19 Westman 6
Thunder Bay 24 Nova Scotia 7
Winnipeg West 15 Winnipeg East 31
Westman 0 Thunder Bay 0

Thursday Game Results

Nova Scotia 7 Winnipeg East 7
Winnipeg West 21 Thunder Bay 7
Nova Scotia 21 Westman 0
Thunder Bay 0 Winnipeg East 21
Westman 7 Winnipeg West 43

Bottom picture:
courtesy Marsden Grindey