The Surf goes overtime for title

Dustin Nowick scored off a feed from Kevin Tanaka in overtime to

lift The Surf to a 7-6 victory over the regular season champion Sabres in

the Mite Club Division championship match at Coast 2 Coast Inline Hockey

Center in Huntington Beach.

It was the third score of the match for Nowick, who scored the first and

last goals of regulation play for The Surf, who finished second to the

Sabres during the regular season.

Tanaka also scored twice, single goals went to Kevin Lachman and Michael

Burkhardt, and goalie Eric Alfaro recorded 22 saves.

The Sabres, who stormed back to score four goals in the third quarter to

force overtime, were led by Adam Springer’s three goals.

In other championship finals:

ATOM CLUB DIVISION

LBZ 11, Hurricanes 3 LBZ broke open a scoreless first quarter tie with a six-goal outburst in

the second frame. Paul Anderson scored three goals with an assist,

Michael Mendez scored twice, Tyler Ruiz scored once with a pair of

assists, and Andrew Thomason picked up two assists to pace regular season

champion LBZ.

Rocco Grimaldi scored off a Darren Nowick assist in the opening half and

both Nowick and Luke Gane (off a Cameren Prime assist) scored in the

second half for the Hurricanes, who finished in third place during the

regular season.