With the crowd on its feet and both teams in horizontal lines across the ice, the lights went off and something seemed different.
“O Canada” was beautifully rendered from the speakers for the first time all season, letting Oceanside Ice Arena know the True North’s Simon Fraser was in the house.
The Clan, representing the British Columbia International Hockey League (BCIHL), boasted a 15-3 a record, crimson red jerseys precisely the color of Canada’s national team, and a roster comprised of 28 players all from the Great White North.
But the garb, the record and even the team from hockey’s mother country was not even close to enough as the Sun Devils (11-19-3) drowned the Clan (15-4) with goals in fashion winning 8-0.