Rivermen Win First Franchise Playoff Series

For the second straight night the Rivermen played a solid 60 minutes from start to finish and came away with the 6-1 win, clinching the team’s first ever series win to advance to the Mainland division final against the Coquitlam Express. Game five Monday night saw the Rivermen get back to their style of play…

Shutout Win For Series Lead

Brock Crossthwaite made 36 saves, Austin Azurdia scored twice, and the Rivermen played a solid 60 minutes both on offence and in their own zone for the 3-0 win, earning a 3-2 series lead in the best-of-seven Mainland division semi-final. After letting in early goals in three of the first four games of the series,…

Surrey Offence Evens Series (Again)

For the fourth game in this semi-final series, the Surrey Eagles came out hard and for the third time took the early lead.  Consistency has resided on the Eagles bench as the fourth-seeded underdogs rode a powerful offence to a 7-5 win, ensuring another game at the South Surrey Arena Tuesday night. Down 2-0 after…

Game Three Means Refresh and Recharge

After splitting the first two games of the Mainland division semi-final series, the Rivermen know they’ll have to be better going into the Eagles’ barn Friday night as the series shifts to South Surrey. Again, credit needs to be given to the Eagles who have played their underdog role to a T, skating hard and…

Eagles Claw Back to Even Series

The Rivermen held a one goal lead three different times Wednesday night but a hardworking Surrey Eagles club clawed their way back each time before eventually taking the lead with six minutes to go in the third as Nathan Renouf one-timed a pass from brother Jonah below the goal line just 1:45 after Chase McMurphy…

Slow Start Overcome for Series Lead

It wasn’t the start the Rivermen were looking for but it was the finish the team needed earning a 4-2 win to take a 1-0 lead in the Mainland division semi-final series with the Surrey Eagles. Perhaps it was a case of some playoff jitters and nerves, but the underdog Eagles played the way they…

Round 1 Series Preview

The Rivermen have had themselves a spectacular season winning their first ever division title and becoming the first BCHL team in Langley history to win the Ron Boileau Memorial trophy as the best team through the regular season. But all of that is now erased with the start of the post-season Tuesday night as the…

Clutch Third Steals a Point for the Riv

The Rivermen may have seen their six-game win streak come to and end Sunday afternoon but a late game push to overtime stole a point to remain undefeated in regulation in 2014. Unlike Saturday night’s contest against Trail, the Rivermen didn’t have their best start Sunday but seemed to gain momentum as the game progressed.…

Shorthanded Magic

Special teams were always going to be a big key to success for the Rivermen Friday night and wow was it ever.  The Riv scored THREE shorthanded goals, and one on the power play to power to a 5-2 win over the visiting Surrey Eagles. Matt Ustaski also had one of his best games of…

Rivermen Clip Eagles

It might not have been pretty but the Langley Rivermen are back on the winning track with a 2-1 victory over the Eagles in Surrey Monday afternoon. Scoring his third goal in as many games, 16-year old rookie Marcus Vela got the game winning goal with just under four minutes to go in the second period…