The Whalers recorded their best-ever result last season – Tom Shaw Conference champions. However, no one said it would be a cakewalk the next year.

As he did numerous times last season, veteran Whaler Zac Sherwin took the rest of the Pod on his back. His hat trick led to a dramatic comeback victory, 5-3

With three-and-a-half minutes left, White Rock’s alternate captain, Chris Fortems, broke over the blueline on a 2-on-1.

Zac Sherwin notches shoot-out winner vs. Sockeyes.

For the second time this postseason, the Whalers hosted a Ukrainian-themed fundraiser to help the millions of women and children displaced from their homeland.

While the Pod has a heartbeat, Langley still leads the series three games to one.

The Whalers had the “momentum to get the job done, but we just couldn’t finish it,” said Zac Sherwin, who contributed two assists. He leads the league in postseason points with 22.

After a 4-2 loss in Game 2 of the PJHL Ray Stonehouse Cup final, White Rock is now down 2-0 in the best-of-seven series to the Langley Trappers.

Trapper Austin Moar’s slapshot from 40 feet out beat Whaler goalie Keegan Maddocks to tie the game at 2-2. And 4 minutes into overtime.

The Whalers – first-time Tom Shaw Conference champions – will look to best the Langley Trappers, the Harold Brittain Conference champions, in a seven-game series that starts March 18 at Langley’s George Preston Arena.