The Whitehorse Midget Mustangs' power play woes are steadying.

The Mustangs recent special teams work paid dividends over the weekend, when the club won gold in the Midget Memorial Tournament in Abbotsford, B.C., from Nov. 11-Nov. 14.

The Whitehorse team beat 100-Mile House 4-1 in the finals thanks to the help of three power play goals.

The Mustangs were up 2-0 after the first two periods off goals from Trevor Whynot and a power play goal from Trevor Hanna. 100-Mile House responded with a goal of their own on the first shift of the third period. Adrian Hawkings came up big on the power play and was followed by Hanna, who added the club's forth – and third power play goal – for the win.

"Our power play was working pretty good,” Mustangs head coach Jim Stephens said. "We're moving the puck up and we're getting control in the zone and getting lots of shots.

"I thought we carried the play for the most part, although we started letting up a little bit at the end of the second.”

Stephens noted the performance by goaltender Nigel Sinclair-Eckart, who came up with some big saves – and who allowed just one goal in three games.

The match up was revenge for the Mustangs, who lost their opening game of the tournament 5-3 to 100-Mile House.

"So it was a bit of a rematch,” Stephens said.

The Mustangs went down 4-1 heading into the third of their opening game, but fought back in the final frame to tighten the gap 4-3 when 100-Mile House scored on the empty net.

Stephens said his club learned from the loss and focused on its next game.

"We were a little shaky at the start of the tournament,” he said. "That was our first real midget game with full contact, so it always takes a period or two for the boys to adjust their game a little bit. We weren't worried, we thought we'd played well, we just didn't have any puck luck; and the other team had a bit more luck around the net.”

Evidently, the Mustangs didn't need much luck in their 8-0 win over Juan de Fuca out of Victoria, which they followed with a 9-2 thumping of Abbotsford 3 on Friday.

The club's first test in three games came in the semi-finals against Kelowna Tier 3 Rockets.

That was a tough game, Stephens said.

The Mustangs took it with a minute left in the game when Travis Rivest scored the game's only goal.

"It's a good starting point for us for our preparation for provincials,” Stephens said of the provincials in Cranbrook, B.C., in March.

"We worked on our fore-check, which worked out well, got better as the tournament went on, and our power play all year, that seemed to work, penalty kill did well. So we worked on quite a few things in the last couple weeks to tune up the kids for the tournament, and they seemed to execute for the most part consistently throughout the tournament.”

The Midget Mustangs have won the Abbotsford tournament once before, Stephens noted.

"That's the only time we won it, so this is kind of nice, to win it again,” he said.

"As we told them before the game today (Sunday), you don't get an opportunity to win too many tournaments or championships in your hockey career ... and getting the championship is a real tribute to how they performed this weekend.”