Whitehorse Elementary School is going to need a bigger gym if it keeps up its dominance at the Invitational Floor Hockey Tournament.

For a second straight year, the school's girls' and boys' teams defended their titles, adding two more banners to an already vast collection.

In the 17 years the tournament has been held, Whitehorse Elementary has finished first on more than 15 occasions.

On Friday, the school's Grade 6 and 7 girls' squad scored three unanswered goals against a formidable opponent from Takhini Elementary. The final score was 3-1.

W.E.S.'s game was played in front of a supportive crowd in their own gym. Team coach, Hugo Bergeron shouted instructions in both French and English throughout the entire contest.

"I think some of the girls, this is the last tournament in elementary, so they wanted to win," said Bergeron. "Everybody played so well, they gave their heart."

Bergeron laughed when asked if giving instructions in French helped W.E.S. in its games.

"We know the other team can't speak French and my team they all understand French."

He said it was nice winning at home.

"It means a lot because floor hockey is very important at Whitehorse Elementary," Bergeron said. "We play a lot and (W.E.S. principal) Patrice Berrel, it's his favourite sport, so we have a little bit of pressure to do well."

Berrel has been organizing the Invitational Floor Tournament since its inaugural competition 17 years ago.

Whitehorse Elementary also has two co-ed floor hockey leagues that run from October to April.

The girls' bronze medal game was played between Teslin and Holy Family. Teslin didn't waste any time building up its lead. The group netted the first five goals, before Holy Family was able to get one of its own.

The final score was 5-1.

Kerrie Paterson, Teslin's head coach, said her girls were really excited about winning a medal.

"We don't usually win medals, so it is quite nice," she said. "They will be thrilled when go home with medals and they'll tell everybody at school about it on Monday."

In 2008, Paterson said Teslin didn't even have enough floor hockey players to compete in both the girls and boys categories. Instead, the school used a mixed team in the boys' division.

This year, however, the community school had two teams, including its girls, made up of players from Grade 4 up to Grade 8.

"It was a big mixture," Paterson said about her girls' team.

Teslin's two top scorers were Ashley Anderson and Adrianne Dewhurst.

Saturday's boys' final, meanwhile, made history after two teams from the same school qualified for the gold medal game.

The boys' playoffs were held at Ecole Emilie Tremblay Elementary School, concluding with two teams from Whitehorse Elementary battling it out for gold.

Whitehorse Elementary One, was made up entirely of Grade 7 students, while players on Whitehorse Elementary Two ranged from Grade 5 to 7. Both teams went in with undefeated records.

Despite Whitehorse Elementary One controlling most of the play and scoring chances, it was the young guys that netted the game's first goal.

Howard Coyne, to the delight of many in the crowd, sent the puck by Whitehorse Elementary One goaltender Craig Berube around the 10 minute mark.

The play was started after W.E.S. Two goalie Alieas Jamnickey made a save and then fired the puck down into the offensive zone. The end result created a scoring chance that ended with Coyne roofing the puck into the top corner of the net.

The Grade 7 team responded a couple of minute later though on a goal by Brendon Gendron. He put the puck in after a spectacular diving stop made by Jamnickey, who couldn't find the rebound in time.

The score at the end of the first period was 1-1.

Jamnickey continued to stand on his head in the second frame. Using a players stick, the Whitehorse Elementary Two goaltender continued to clear the puck after making a save, creating numerous chances for his team.

Jamnickey's great play eventually resulted in his team taking its second lead of the game, but once again it was short-lived.

With less than 15 seconds on the clock, the Grade 7 boys' found the back of net.

For a second straight time it was Gendron that scored the goal.

With less than 15 seconds remaining on the clock, the Grade 7 boys' found the back of net, which for a second straight time, was courtesy to Gendron.

After nothing was settled in a five-minute overtime period, a one player shootout was held.

Firing first for the Grade 7s was Kieran Halliday, who made no mistake picking the top corner of the net.

Berube made a clutch follow-up save to give his team a 3-2 shootout win over W.E.S. Two.

Halliday said after the round robin, he, along with a friend, practised shooting on a net with a wooden goalie outline on Friday night. The two of them made it so that only the top corners of the net were open.

"In the shootout I just imagined him as the wooden goalie," he said.

Halliday, who was on W.E.S.'s 2008's gold medal floor hockey team, admitted he was nervous nearing the end of the game.

"We just put out our five best players and hoped that we would score and we did," he said.

Rene Drysdelle, coach of the Grade 5 through 7 W.E.S. team, said he was proud of the way his team played.

"They got really good experience from this tournament, competing against older and bigger kids," he said.

Berrel, who was not only a coach, but also helped officiate, said it couldn't have been a better final between his two teams.

"It wasn't a blowout," he said. "It was as close as you were going to get."

Berrel is retiring this year, but said he still plans on staying involved with the floor hockey tournament.

"I'll be involved in something," Berrel said. "It's hard not to coach when you have been a coach for many, many years and I certainly enjoy working with the kids."

Hidden Valley's boys' team also medalled on Saturday, winning bronze against a persistent team from Takhini Elementary. The final score was 3-2.