CARDER AND STORM STEAL GAME 1 Former Olds Grizzly Chad Carder made 28 saves in helping the Grande Prairie Storm steal home ice advantage from the Spruce Grove Saints.
Offense proved to be just as vital for the Storm as Tanner Fritz, Carter Rowney and Dennis Rix each scored in the 3-0 Game 1 Enerflex Cup Championship Series win.
The Saints will try to rebound, once again on home ice, tonight for Game 2.
SCORING SUMMARY
INTERESTING TO NOTE
Once the leagues most feared team on the Power Play, the Saints' offensive production with the man advantage has been non existent. Despite maintaining a 30% conversion rate on the PP during the regular season and into the first round of the playoffs - Spruce Grove's Power Play is clicking at just 7%, going 2 for 28 in their last 5 games.
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CANES PULL UPSET
The Lethbridge Hurricanes entered the Western Hockey League's post-season as the 7th seed, but that didn't stop them from ousting the number 2 seed Saskatoon Blades.
The Canes downed the Blades 4-3 in Game 7 last night, winning the Eastern Conference Quarter Final Series 4 Games to 3.
Lethbridge doesn't have much time to focus on Round 1's upset as they have an even bigger challenge waiting in Round 2.
The Hurricanes kick off their Eastern Conference Semi Final Series on Friday in Calgary against the Hitmen.
LOCAL CONTENT
Sundre's Austin Fyten finished the series with 1 goal, 2 points and a minus one rating in 7 games, while former Grizzly Blue-Liner Max Ross finished with 2 assists and a minus one rating.
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BENTLEY GOES FOR THREE-PEAT.
Winners of the last two MacKenzie Cup series - the Bentley Generals look to make it three-in-a-row starting tonight in Red Deer.
The Generals will once again face off with the Fort St. John Flyers in a 'AAA' Senior Men's Hockey battle - pitting the best from Alberta and British Columbia against each other in a best of 5 series, the winner of which will head to Steinbach, Manitoba as the Pacific representative at this year's Allan Cup tournament.
It won't be the first time these two teams have met up as Bentley beat the Flyers in both 2007 and 2008.
All games in the series will be played at the Red Deer Arena as in 2008 it was B.C.'s honor to host the Tourney.
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OLDS COLLEGE HEADS TO A.C.A.L. ACTION
Though the Olds College Broncos and the Lady Broncos finished the regular season with much different results - both head into this weekend's Alberta College Athletic League's Basketball Championships with the same goal - Gold.
The Lady Broncos finished the regular season tops in the league and by doing so have earned a first round bye when play begins tomorrow in Calgary.
Lady Broncs' Coach Greg Lendvoy says being the top seed will be key this weekend.
The Saints will try to rebound, once again on home ice, tonight for Game 2.
SCORING SUMMARY
| PERIOD 1 |
| No Scoring |
| PERIOD 2 |
| Grande Prairie Storm at 3:52 - Tanner Fritz from Brooks Robinson |
| Grande Prairie Storm at 17:22 (PP) - Carter Rowney from Tanner Fritz and Adam Young |
| PERIOD 3 |
| Grande Prairie Storm at 7:41 (PP) - Dennis Rix from Matt Williams |
INTERESTING TO NOTE
Once the leagues most feared team on the Power Play, the Saints' offensive production with the man advantage has been non existent. Despite maintaining a 30% conversion rate on the PP during the regular season and into the first round of the playoffs - Spruce Grove's Power Play is clicking at just 7%, going 2 for 28 in their last 5 games.
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CANES PULL UPSETThe Lethbridge Hurricanes entered the Western Hockey League's post-season as the 7th seed, but that didn't stop them from ousting the number 2 seed Saskatoon Blades.
The Canes downed the Blades 4-3 in Game 7 last night, winning the Eastern Conference Quarter Final Series 4 Games to 3.
Lethbridge doesn't have much time to focus on Round 1's upset as they have an even bigger challenge waiting in Round 2.
The Hurricanes kick off their Eastern Conference Semi Final Series on Friday in Calgary against the Hitmen.
LOCAL CONTENTSundre's Austin Fyten finished the series with 1 goal, 2 points and a minus one rating in 7 games, while former Grizzly Blue-Liner Max Ross finished with 2 assists and a minus one rating.
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BENTLEY GOES FOR THREE-PEAT.Winners of the last two MacKenzie Cup series - the Bentley Generals look to make it three-in-a-row starting tonight in Red Deer.
The Generals will once again face off with the Fort St. John Flyers in a 'AAA' Senior Men's Hockey battle - pitting the best from Alberta and British Columbia against each other in a best of 5 series, the winner of which will head to Steinbach, Manitoba as the Pacific representative at this year's Allan Cup tournament.
It won't be the first time these two teams have met up as Bentley beat the Flyers in both 2007 and 2008.
All games in the series will be played at the Red Deer Arena as in 2008 it was B.C.'s honor to host the Tourney.
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OLDS COLLEGE HEADS TO A.C.A.L. ACTIONThough the Olds College Broncos and the Lady Broncos finished the regular season with much different results - both head into this weekend's Alberta College Athletic League's Basketball Championships with the same goal - Gold.
The Lady Broncos finished the regular season tops in the league and by doing so have earned a first round bye when play begins tomorrow in Calgary.
Lady Broncs' Coach Greg Lendvoy says being the top seed will be key this weekend.
"There's three very competitive teams at the top that we've been juggling back and forth with all year." said Lendvoy. "The bye will allow us to let those two battle it out in the semi finals while we're quite confident going in with the fourth place team will be facing."
"We've beat them handily all year and were quite confident moving forward."
According to Lendvoy, Olds College will likely face either St. Mary's out of Calgary or Fort McMurray's Keyano in the Gold Medal game.
OC's men's team however, won't have such an easy road the Gold.
The Broncos finished the regular season in third spot and will have to play all of their games - and well - to make it to the Championship Contest.
Coach Bob Murray says despite the finish - they still want Gold.
"We wanted to make sure that we improved on the bronze medal that we won last year and I think that we have a group that can do it," explained Murray. "We have moments of brilliance to show what we can do as a group and I think if we can capture a few of those moments this weekend - we could have a shot at making that final and winning the A.C.A.L. championship."
The Broncos are up against Saskatchewan's Bethany College to tip of the Tourney in Calgary tomorrow morning.
INTERESTING TO NOTE
Olds College has yet to earn a Gold Medal in this Season's A.C.A.L action but that's not to say that haven't found success. Last month Olds' Womens Futsal team finished 3rd after beating St. Mary's 2-1 in the Bronze Medal Game, the Men finished 4th, falling to Taylor 6-3 in the Bronze bout. While earlier this Season OC's Womens Volleyball finished 2nd after falling to Number 1 ranked Augustana, the Men earned Bronze - beating Portage 3 sets to 2.
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