Royal Bank Cup: Victoria 6 Summerside 3

GAME SUMMARY

Summerside Western Capitals 3 - Victoria Grizzlies 6

EVERYTHING COMING UP MILHOUSE AS GRIZZLIES CLINCH SEMIFINAL BERTH

VICTORIA, B.C. – It is on to the semifinals at the 2009 RBC Cup for the host Victoria Grizzlies.
Needing a victory to assure themselves a spot in the final four and avoid what could have been a complicated mathematical tiebreaker, the Grizzlies got a goal and two assists from Jonathan Milhouse and opened up a four-goal lead after 40 minutes before holding on for a 6-3 win over the Summerside Western Capitals on Wednesday night.

The loss means the Capitals – the only winless team at 0-3 – cannot make the semifinals, regardless of the outcome of their final round-robin game on Thursday.

Coming off of a heartbreaking overtime loss to Vernon on Tuesday, a game they led in the final two minutes, Victoria came out like a house on fire against the East Region champions, outshooting them 18-6 in the first period and taking a 2-0 lead on goals by Justin Courtnall and Brian Nugent.

Steven Brazil got the Capitals on the board late in the first period, cutting the lead in half, but goals from Milhouse, Dustin Mowrey and Evan Pighin in the middle frame sent the Grizzlies to the second intermission with a comfortable four-goal advantage.

Brazil and Jason Gallant cut the lead to two with goals early in the third period for the Capitals, but Courtnall rounded out the scoring into an empty net in the final minute.

The Grizzlies will await the results of Thursday’s final round-robin games before finding out who they play in semifinal action on Friday. Summerside wraps up their tournament when they face Humboldt in the evening game (7 p.m. PT).

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