Cloverdale HC down 3-1

Published 1:15 pm Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Cloverdale HC have found themselves in hole in the second round of the PJHL playoffs.

The club is down 3-1 with Game 5 set for March 11 (after we went to press).

After a heartbreaking, 8-7 OT loss in Game 1 of their second round series to the White Rock Whalers, Cloverdale dropped Game 2 by a 5-2 score before battling back in Game 3 to win it 8-7. Cloverdale then lost 7-2 March 9 in a Game 4 that was dominated by the Whalers.

Calvin bright, an assistant captain with Cloverdale HC, said the team struggled at home because they weren’t physical enough along the wall and in front of the net.

“We just let them skate away and we were second to the puck a lot,” Bright said. “We weren’t prepared to go tonight. If you look at both games in White Rock, we dominated them, we out-hit them, and we controlled both games.”

He said their performance at The Barn in Game 4 was lacklustre and they weren’t playing at their peak.

Bright noted that to win Game 5, the team will have to get a lot more physical and win both races to the puck and battles in the corners.

“We’re very optimistic,” he said of their chances in Game 5.

As for the Game 4, Cloverdale made some early mistakes in the opening period that cost them and tiltled the game in the Whalers favour, including not clearing a puck on the penalty kill which resulted in a White Rock goal. Cloverdale found themselves down 5-1 at the end of the 1st.

Not a lot happened in the 2nd frame, but in the 3rd, the Whalers took four penalties in a row. However, Cloverdale HC wasn’t able to capitalize on any of those opportunities to get themselves back in the game.

Game 5 shifts over to White Rock on March 11, puck drop is at 7 p.m.

If necessary, Game 6 will go at the The Barn March 12 and Game 7 would be held March 14 at Centennial Arena in White Rock.

Cloverdale HC’s first ever playoffs come after a respectable inaugural season. Cloverdale managed to go .568 over 44 games as an expansion club, posting 28 wins and 18 losses with 2 shootout losses—good for 50 points and a fifth-place finish.

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