The Aldergrove Kodiaks finished the 2024-25 season with a 48-loss streak in regulation and, although they did get some goals, it may be the former champion team's personal worst record.
Saturday's game started on a high note, with Kodiaks Joel Schmidt scoring first of the night and what would be the team's only goal.
Mission City Outlaws returned to the ice for middle period with renewed energy, with Ashton Holbech scoring less than a minute in.
Five minutes later, Cooper Crowe brought Mission in the lead short-handed with a second goal, bringing the score 2-1.
Several players from each team served penalties, ranging from fighting and misconduct to cross-checking and roughing.
Peter Butler secured the lead for the Outlaws with a third goal before second period ended.
Again, Mission returned strong for final period, with Cohan Kunico scoring a fourth goal just nine seconds in.
The rest of the period was filled with various penalties for both teams for misconduct, roughing, and slashing.
Outlaws' Max Wingrove scored the team's fifth and final goal with four minutes left of the game.
Kodiaks netminder Kyle Spak was busier than rival Jake Poblete as the Outlaws outshot them 31-16.
Overall, Spak made 1,026 saves this season of 1,166 shots against him, a record for the goalie who joined the league in the 2021-22 season.
The three stars of the game were Missions's Kunico (first), AJ Frigon (second), and Poblete (third).
Kodiaks remained seventh in the seven-team Harold Brittain Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) for the whole season, not making the cut to partake in the playoffs.
Meanwhile, crosstown team Langley Trappers lost their final game on Saturday to the Ridge Meadows Flames, but still made the cut for playoffs.
Teams that made the cut for playoffs are the Flames (also the season champion), Chilliwack Jets, Abbotsford Pilots, Trappers, and Surrey Knights.
While this may be a personal worst for the Kodiaks, they haven't set a record for worst of the league overall.
In 2017, the Surrey Knights had finally broken a record 89-loss streak which had carried over two seasons, though that included some overtime losses.
