The championship series for the North Peace Hockey League will begin this week. The battle for the Campbell Cup will feature the Falher Pirates against the Spirit River Rangers. Falher hasn’t played that many games in the playoffs, getting a first round bye after winning the East Division in the regular season, then swept the Manning Comets in the semi-finals. The Rangers meanwhile had to grind their way past the Grande Prairie Athletics in seven games in the first round before getting a five game win over the Dawson Creek Canucks. When it comes to league championships, Falher has three to their credit (1955, 1981 and 2012) while Spirit River has 11 NPHL championships, two back of Grimshaw and High Prairie who are tied for the most.
Series Schedule
Game 1 – Tuesday in Falher
Game 2 – Thursday in Spirit River
Game 3 – Saturday in Falher
Game 4 – March 19 in Spirit River
Game 5 – March 21 in Falher *
Game 6 – March 23 in Spirit River *
Game 7 – March 26 in Falher *
* – if necessary
Pirates Leading Scorers
Darren Kramer – 5G, 2A, 7 points
Eric Sorensen – 2G, 4A, 6 points
Wyatt Noskey – 1G, 5A, 6 points
Cruz Cote – 4G, 1A, 5 points
Kris Desjarlais – 3G, 2A, 5 points
Rangers Leading Scorers
Dustin Sather – 0G, 17A, 17 points
Mike Lefley – 11G, 3A, 14 points
Bond Hawryluk – 5G, 9A, 14 points
Jean-Marco St. Pierre – 3G, 9A, 12 points
Ty Mappin – 7G, 3A, 10 points
NPHL Championship History
Grimshaw Huskies – 13 (1961, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999)
High Prairie Regals – 13 (1959, 1960, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989)
Spirit River Rangers – 11 (1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Peace River Stampeders – 11 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1993, 1994, 2007)
Dawson Creek Canucks – 3 (2002, 2003, 2023)
Falher Pirates – 3 (1955, 1981, 2012)
Fairview Kings – 3 (1954, 1970, 1991)
McLennan Red Wings – 3 (1956, 1957, 1958)
Grande Prairie Athletics – 2 (2010, 2019)
Fort St. John Flyers – 2 (2009, 2018)
Horse Lake Thunder – 2 (2004, 2005)
Manning Comets – 1 (1987)
– Kyle Moore, Trending 55 Newsroom
