The 2025 Fred Page Cup Final is set to begin Friday night with a matchup between the Brooks Bandits and the Chilliwack Chiefs. We get you set with a full preview of the BCHL championship series.
#2 Brooks Bandits (Interior Conference) vs. #1 Chilliwack Chiefs (Coastal Conference)
Head to Head:
The Bandits won 5-2 in the only meeting of the season between the teams on March 1 in Brooks.
Top Playoff Performers:
Brooks – F Nick Peluso (22 points), F Parker Lalonde (19 points), F Luke Bibby (17 points), D Keith McInnis (13 points), G Zach Zahara (2.43 GAA)
Chilliwack – F Brady Milburn (19 points), F Carter Anderson (17 points), F Caleb Elfering (14 points), D Lucas Sorace (9 points), G Quentin Miller (.937 SV%)
Road to the Finals:
Brooks:
Round 1: Defeated the West Kelowna Warriors 4-1
Round 2: Defeated the Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-0
Round 3: Defeated the Penticton Vees 4-2
Chilliwack:
Round 1: Defeated the Prince George Spruce Kings 4-3
Round 2: Defeated the Alberni Valley Bulldogs 4-1
Round 3: Defeated the Victoria Grizzlies 4-1
Playoff History:
This is the first time the two have met in the BCHL Playoffs.
The Chiefs most recently made the finals in back-to-back seasons in 2016 and 2017. The last time a Chilliwack team won the league championship was in 2002, which was the city’s third BCHL title.
Brooks has reached the finals in their first full season in the BCHL.
Breakdown:
Brooks is coming off of a six-game series win in their highly anticipated Interior Conference Finals matchup against the Penticton Vees. Their top line of Nick Peluso, Parker Lalonde and Luke Bibby continue to lead the charge offensively. The trio all sit within the top-six in playoff scoring, with Peluso leading all postseason performers with 22 points in 15 contests. The Bandits also boast a high-end defence corps, headlined by team captain Ethan Beyer and second-year player Keith McInnis. McInnis leads all defencemen with 13 playoff points, while Beyer ranks second with 11. Brooks has been a strong defensive team all year long, allowing the fewest goals against in the regular season and owning the top penalty kill unit. In the postseason, goaltender Zach Zahara has stepped into the number-one role and has started every game, after splitting duties during the regular season. The 20-year-old netminder has a 2.43 goals-against average, a .907 save percentage and two shutouts in the postseason.
For Chilliwack, the offensive leader so far has been veteran forward Brady Milburn. In his fourth season with the team, the Kamloops, B.C. native is leading the Chiefs in postseason scoring and is tied for third overall with 19 points in 16 playoff games. Not to be outdone, midseason pickup Carter Anderson has also been a key contributor with 17 points, as has Caleb Elfering, who leads the team with 10 goals. Elfering has had a knack for coming up big in the clutch so far in the playoffs, scoring twice in Chilliwack’s Game 7 win in the first round against Prince George, one of his three two-goal performances so far this postseason. In net, Quentin Miller continues to shine for the Chiefs since being acquired midseason. The Montreal Canadiens draft pick owns the second best save percentage in the playoffs with a mark of .937, just .001 away from top spot. He also has the third-best goals-against average at 1.90 and is tied for the lead with two shutouts.
Series Schedule:
Game 1: Friday, May 16 – 7 p.m. MT at Centennial Regional Arena (Brooks)
Game 2: Saturday, May 17 – 7 p.m. MT at Centennial Regional Arena (Brooks)
Game 3: Tuesday, May 20 – 7 p.m. PT at Chilliwack Coliseum (Chilliwack)
Game 4: Wednesday, May 21 – 7 p.m. PT at Chilliwack Coliseum (Chilliwack)
Game 5: Friday, May 23 – 7 p.m. MT at Centennial Regional Arena (Brooks)*
Game 6: Sunday, May 25 – 7 p.m. PT at Chilliwack Coliseum (Chilliwack)*
Game 7: Tuesday, May 27 – 7 p.m. MT at Centennial Regional Arena (Brooks)*
*If necessary
