CCHL Playoffs, BWW Tops Cheers & Cimo's

2015 CCHL Champs: Buffalo Wild Wings

The CCHL playoffs began Friday in front of a packed house at the Doug. Game number one saw #1 seed BWW skate away from #4 seed Cheers for an 8-4 victory, punching their ticket to the finals. BWW's was led by Corey "Corey" Laroche's hat trick while five other skaters tallied once. Cheers received a multi-goal effort from Captain Tim Walsh, but were unable to keep pace with the number one seed.

Semi final #2 proved to much more entertaining as Windmill and Cimo's slugged it out for over 80 minutes of action with the game going into double OT. In the end it was Ian Hamlet scoring off an offensive zone faceoff sending the fans into pandemonium and the Cimo's team back into the finals with a 4-3 victory. The game itself was a physical war with bodies strewn all over the ice and multiple players leaving the game due to injury, only to return to the frozen sheet minutes later.

Sunday's final pitted top seeded Buffalo Wild Wings against last year's Cinderella story Cimo's who were looking to prove that last year's run was no fluke. The game got off to a tough start for Cimo's as BWW's Laroche scored on the first BWW shot on net a mere 18 seconds into the game. A few minutes later after Cimo's peppered BWW goalie Tyler "Beans" Ingerson with shots looking to answer, it was Laroche scoring again on BWW's 2nd shot of the game. Cimo's would pull the game to 2-1 and then 4-2, but could not keep pace as BWW pulled away for a 7-3 victory and the CCHL Title. Laroche led the way for the winners with a 5 goal performance following up his hat trick in the semi finals and his regular season scoring title (55 goals). The championship was the first for Laroche after beginning his career under the Tim Walsh regime on Cheers, following last season's title loss he decided to test the free agency waters and landed with BWW and Travis Banga. The move seemed to pay dividends for Laroche and the Wings as it returned a title and Laroche's best individual season of his career. The 7th player award was also given to BWW forward and converted goaltender Corey Cotnoir who finished 5th in the scoring race after being selected in the 6th round. Top goaltender went to BWW rookie netminder Tyler Ingerson who posted a 4.90 GAA.

BWW Championship Roster:
Captain Travis Banga, Corey Laroche, Corey Cotnoir, Jack Mullen, Dillon Emerson, Danny Arndt, Bill MacDougall, Doug Troy, Matt Boudrais, Steve Arndt, Tyler Ingerson