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Sherwood Park Kings Athletic Club’s U18AA Sandy’s Oilfield Oilers won the 2025 Silver Stick tournament hosted in Las Vegas in late November after a 4-1 win over the hometown crowd’s Bishop Gorman.

“It was amazing. Knowing that this will be the last minor hockey tournament that a good chunk of our players will experience, it was great to see the group come together and capitalize on the opportunity,” SPKAC U18AA head coach Ben Schotte said about the gold medal win.

The Park team only dropped one game in the entire competition and that was during the round robin, a 4-2 loss against Las Vegas’ Bishop Gorman Gaels, a high school known for producing top-tier college and professional athletes. The Oilers went on to win 4-3 against Arizona’s Jr.

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