Eight-year-old Luke Cozens scored twice and Hayden Wallace was perfect between the pipes as Scotiabank claimed atom hockey gold last weekend.

The Whitehorse-based team beat Dawson City 3-0 in front of a packed house at Bill Brewster Arena in Haines Junction Sunday.

The match was the final contest in a 20-game Yukon Atom Hockey Championships tournament that featured nine- and 10-year-old players from the Yukon and Alaska.

Orlina Manard opened the scoring in the championship final, banging in her own rebound. Max Zimmermann drew the lone assist.

Then the underage Luke Cozens went to work, sniping a shot into the top corner past Dawson City goalie Cole Webber to give Scotiabank a 2-0 lead.

He would add another goal on an end-to-end rush after receiving a pass from Aaron Bolduc.

The team’s 3-0 win came after a tough round robin that saw them finish fifth, said head coach Mike Cozens, Luke’s dad.

That put them up against Booster Juice out of Whitehorse, who had come back from two goals down to edge Coldwell Banker for first place.

“They came from 5-1 behind to tie us 6-6 with under two minutes to go,” coach Cozens explained.

“But Max Zimmermann scored his fourth goal of the game in the last minute to win.”

Coach Cozens said his team fought hard for the territorial atom title, going on to beat host Haines Junction 4-1 in the semifinals.

“We hadn’t gone in expecting to win because any of the four Whitehorse teams can beat each other and the communities are always an unknown,” he said.

“We simply weren’t sure how it would turn out. All the teams played passionately and seemed to enjoy themselves.”

Other members of the championship Scotiabank squad included: Justin Ekholm, Kyuss Elek, Lucus Henderson, Kyler Lennie, Marcus Morberg, Isaac O’Brien, Rogan Parry, Seth Raymond and Nathyn Sutton.

Coaching alongside Cozens was Sarah Todd.

The tournament featured eight teams, including four from Whitehorse as well as a club from Tok, Alaska, and a combined squad drawn from Teslin and Watson Lake.

Backed by a passionate home crowd, Haines Junction earned bronze, defeating Whitehorse-based Coldwell Banker 5-1 in the third-place game.

Haines Junction scorers were Austin Kirk (2), Jonas Schaerig, Jay Symanski and Brendon MacKinnon.

Jacob Nickel responded for Coldwell Banker.

With files by Mark Ritchie