The Langley Nighthawks captured the Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey Association’s 2011 Spring Fling Atom tournament title with a 4-1 win over the Surrey Avalanche last Sunday afternoon at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre.

Langley was the top team in pool one with a 3-1 round robin record while Surrey was the top team in pool two, also with a 3-1 record.

The third place finish went to the Cloverdale Vipers as they edged the Sunshine Coast Ducks 2-1 in the other playoff game on Sunday. The Ducks finished second in pool one with a record of 2-1-1, while Cloverdale finished second in pool two, also with a record of 2-1-1.

Rounding out the pool one standings were the Sunshine Coast Oilers, who finished a 2-2, followed by Powell River Rona with a 0-4 record. Rounding out pool two were Powell River Aero with a 2-2 record and the Sunshine Coast Sharks with a 1-3 record.

The tournament started with eight games last Friday including the Oilers over the Sharks 8-3, the Avalanche over the Ducks 3-2, the Oilers over Surrey 2-1, Ducks over the Sharks 8-4.

Saturday’s games included the Ducks and Vipers playing to a 1-1 tie, Langley over the Sharks 7-0, Aero edging the Oilers 5-4 and the Vipers edging the Oilers 2-1. Round robin play concluded Saturday morning with the Ducks beating Aero 4-3 and the Sharks beating Rona 5-3.

The weekend concluded back-to-back weekends of minor hockey tournament action for the association. Both tournaments were a huge success and tournament co-ordinator Carrie Caldwell extended thanks to all the volunteers, parents, coaches, spectators and, of course, the players for making the tournaments such a huge success.