Vipers Rest Up For RBC Cup:

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Vipers rest up for RBC Cup

The guest list at the Royal Bank Cup will become a lot clearer today as each of the three remaining regional championships end this weekend.
The winners will join the Doyle Cup champion Vernon Vipers (the first team to qualify) and host Victoria Grizzlies at the five-team national championship, May 2-10 at Bear Mountain Arena.
The Vipers get a much-needed week’s rest after they swept the Grande Prairie Storm in four straight games in the Doyle Cup.
“With our last series with Powell River (Kings)... we were going 11.5 hours of travel back and forth every other night,” said Vipers’ head coach Mark Ferner. “You should be banged up. That’s the way playoffs are. We’ve got some bumps and bruises... but (we’ve got) a week to have some downtime and enjoy this (Doyle Cup win).”
The Pacific champion Vipers start preliminary play Sunday, May 3 (2 p.m.) against the Eastern champs, followed by a Monday, May 4 tilt against the Western title holders at 7 p.m.
They then face the Grizz Tuesday, May 5 at 7 p.m., before getting a rest day Wednesday. Vernon concludes the round-robin Thursday, May 7 (2 p.m.) against the Central winners. Playoffs start Friday, May 8.
The Humboldt Broncos forced game six in the ANAVET Cup Western regional championship by blasting the Portage Terriers 12-2 Thursday night at Elgar Peterson Arena.
The Terriers lead the series 3-2 and hosted Game 6 Saturday and, if necessary, Game 7 Sunday.
The Broncos were up 6-1 after 20 minutes, as Humboldt's best players stepped up for the first time in the series. Brady Wacker fired 3+2 and Scott Schroeder collected 2+2.
In Ontario’s Central regional action, the Kingston Voyageurs advanced to Saturday’s Dudley Hewitt Cup final after stopping the Soo Thunderbirds 3-0.
They got some help from the host Schreiber Diesels, who brushed back the Fort Williams North Stars 5-2 to join the Stars and Voyageurs at 2-1. The Voyageurs won the tie-breaker on goal differential with plus-11, securing the first-place, round-robin seed for a berth in Saturday night’s final.
The North Stars grounded the Diesels in semifinal action Friday night to advance to the finals.
In the Fred Page Cup Eastern regional action, the host Dieppe Commandos shut out the Summerside Capitals 2-0 Friday night at J. Louis Levesque Arena in Moncton.
The Commandos earned an automatic trip to today’s final, while the Caps took home-team advantage in Saturday’s semi against the Pembroke Lumber Kings. The Kings gonged the Sherbrooke Cougars 5-2 to advance, eliminating the Cougars.