This is in the Victoria Times Colonist Newspaper:DEFENDING CHAMPS BACK FOR ANOTHER RUN AT THE TITLE
April 29, 2009 Cleve Dheensaw ©Times Colonist
In hockey you have the Wheat Kings, Oil Kings and Salmon Kings. Now meet the Drama Kings.
The defending RBC Cup champions from Humboldt, Sask., are actually named the Broncos but they might consider changing their nickname and becoming the D-Kings because high-tension drama seems to be their forte.
Humboldt is returning to the national Junior ‘A’ championship and will face the host Victoria Grizzlies on Saturday evening at Bear Mountain Arena in the opener of the five-team tournament.
Just how the Broncos rode into the Bear is a tale in itself. Trailing the Manitoba Junior Hockey Leaguechampion Portage Terriers 3-1 in the best-of-seven Anavet Cup, the Saskatchewan Junior League champions rallied to win the series 4-3. Humboldt won both Games 6 and 7 in overtime on the road in Portage.
Yesterday’s Broncos comeback within Game 7, or the Portage collapse if you wish to view it that way, was astounding. Portage led 4-1 with less than 12 minutes to play in regulation time and the Terriers could practically smell the cherry blossoms in Victoria. Book the flight. But wait. There came a fateful five-minute major for kneeing called on Portage. Humboldt scored three goals to tie the game with the last coming with 47 seconds remaining in the third period. A goal at 5:56 of overtime by Nick Kalnicki capped a stunning 5-4 comeback victory for the Broncos.
The Broncos had swept the Terriers 4-0 in last year’s Anavet Cup final.
There was also extended drama last night in Moncton as the Summerside Western Capitals outlasted the Dieppe Gagnon Commandos 3-2 in double overtime to win the Fred Page Cup tournament final for the Eastern region Junior ‘A’ championship.
Meanwhile, the Kingston, Ont., Voyageurs defeated the Fort William North Stars 4-1 yesterday in Schreiber, Ont., to take the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central region champions.
The Broncos, Western Capitals and Voyageurs join the host Grizzlies and the B.C. Hockey League champion Vernon Vipers in the 2009 RBC Cup May 2-10 in Colwood. After the Grizzlies-Broncos curtain-raiser Saturday, the tournament swings into full flourish with Vernon opening against Summerside and Kingston against Victoria on Sunday. The national tournament continues until the TSN-televised championship final May 10.
With the Grizzlies hosting, and Vernon sweeping the Alberta Junior league champion Grande Prairie Storm 4-0 in the Doyle Cup, there will be two teams from the same league in the RBC Cup for the first time since 2001.
The defending RBC Cup champions from Humboldt, Sask., are actually named the Broncos but they might consider changing their nickname and becoming the D-Kings because high-tension drama seems to be their forte.
Humboldt is returning to the national Junior ‘A’ championship and will face the host Victoria Grizzlies on Saturday evening at Bear Mountain Arena in the opener of the five-team tournament.
Just how the Broncos rode into the Bear is a tale in itself. Trailing the Manitoba Junior Hockey Leaguechampion Portage Terriers 3-1 in the best-of-seven Anavet Cup, the Saskatchewan Junior League champions rallied to win the series 4-3. Humboldt won both Games 6 and 7 in overtime on the road in Portage.
Yesterday’s Broncos comeback within Game 7, or the Portage collapse if you wish to view it that way, was astounding. Portage led 4-1 with less than 12 minutes to play in regulation time and the Terriers could practically smell the cherry blossoms in Victoria. Book the flight. But wait. There came a fateful five-minute major for kneeing called on Portage. Humboldt scored three goals to tie the game with the last coming with 47 seconds remaining in the third period. A goal at 5:56 of overtime by Nick Kalnicki capped a stunning 5-4 comeback victory for the Broncos.
The Broncos had swept the Terriers 4-0 in last year’s Anavet Cup final.
There was also extended drama last night in Moncton as the Summerside Western Capitals outlasted the Dieppe Gagnon Commandos 3-2 in double overtime to win the Fred Page Cup tournament final for the Eastern region Junior ‘A’ championship.
Meanwhile, the Kingston, Ont., Voyageurs defeated the Fort William North Stars 4-1 yesterday in Schreiber, Ont., to take the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central region champions.
The Broncos, Western Capitals and Voyageurs join the host Grizzlies and the B.C. Hockey League champion Vernon Vipers in the 2009 RBC Cup May 2-10 in Colwood. After the Grizzlies-Broncos curtain-raiser Saturday, the tournament swings into full flourish with Vernon opening against Summerside and Kingston against Victoria on Sunday. The national tournament continues until the TSN-televised championship final May 10.
With the Grizzlies hosting, and Vernon sweeping the Alberta Junior league champion Grande Prairie Storm 4-0 in the Doyle Cup, there will be two teams from the same league in the RBC Cup for the first time since 2001.
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