1985 Valor Star Tournament

 

The second edition of the Valor Star went very well, and fans are delighted with it. At this event, the standings switched to the international points system: three points for wins, one point for ties, and zero for losses. Team OMJHA finished in first place for the second time, with John Getliffe, Ben Topeka, and Mark O’Reilly leading the way, even with a 4-1-1 record; 13 points is good enough. Team CIHA went from finishing last in the first Valor Star to a 3-2-1 record and second place, with help from international stars like Mathieu Burakovsky, Curt Holik, and Anders Krzysztof. Just like the first Valor Star tournament, Team WCLH finished in third place, but not many good players are playing in this tournament; only the top stars are playing. Luke MacIsaac, Luke Catred, and Harold Richmond are able to play after not getting drafted in the NIHA. Hopefully, scouts can think twice without passing them over. Finishing last place was Team AQHL, despite having Matt Nasreddine, Bill Boyle, and Shawn Metcalfe; it posted a 1-4-1 record.

Semi-finals

Team CIHA have a chance to head to the finals, but Team WCLH has another idea, as Leon White scored two goals with three minutes left in the third period. Team CIHA poured on the shots, but Nick Yoke held off until the clock hit zero, and Team WCLH wins it 4-2 and moves on to the finals. Team OMJHA started the first period very hot as Ben Topeka scored three goals along with three assists, becoming the first player in the Valor Star history to score 6 points in one period, after that Team AQHL had a hard time trying to catch up for the rest of the game but in the end Matt Nasreddine scored the team’s only goal and Team OMJHA heads to the finals with a 6-1 win.

Finals

The battle was intense between the two, back and forth in both the first and second periods with a 4-4 tie, in the third period John Getliffe scored a goal to give Team OMJHA a 5-4 lead with five minutes left Team OMJHA played comfortable, too comfortable for their own good, 45 seconds left out of nowhere Luke Catred took the puck and skated into a breakaway and scored to make it 5-5 with 10 seconds to go, Team OMJHA tried to make a hail mary shot but missed the net and time is up for the first time the Finals one of these two teams would win it in overtime, ten minutes into overtime Nick Hope was winding up for a slap shot when P.J. McLister took the puck away from Nick and took it to a breakaway up against Sam Dempsey, P.J. went left and put on the brakes while Sam lost his footing and slide away from the net and P.J. put the puck in the net and it was over Team WCLH wins the 2nd Edition Valor Star with the final score of 6-5.