Rob Short & The Tigers Advance To Semis:

This is in todays Morning Star Newspaper:

Tigers advance to semis

Published: July 05, 2009

The Vernon Re/Max Tigers thrashed the Rutland Raiders 8-1 Thursday night at Kelowna Memorial Arena, sweeping the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League best-of-three quarterfinal playoff series.
From start to finish, the third-place Tigers dominated both ends of the floor, by providing killer offence in the sixth-place Raiders’ end, and superb goaltending in their own.
The 8-4-2 Cats will now face the second-place South Okanagan Flames in semifinal action starting Monday night at Kelowna Memorial. Game two goes Wednesday at Wesbild Centre (7:30). Game three, if needed, would go Friday at Memorial. The Flames, who received a first-round bye finished their regular season at 8-3-3.
Josh Phillips posted 39 saves and held the Rutland shooters scoreless, until the third period, when Iain Hart scored Rutland’s only goal.
“The boys displayed a strong all-around effort,” said Vernon coach Rich Zecchel. “The defence played phenomenal in front of Josh, who stepped it up when we had a chance to sweep the Raiders and move onto round two.”
Captain Robbie Short led the way for the Cats, potting two goals and supplying five assists. Short had 13 points in the series. Rookie Ryan Landels pulled the hat-trick, while Craig Bigsby pocketed a pair and Brennan Plante added a single. Jordan Jarvis chipped in with two assists.
The Tigers’ powerplay cashed in four times.
Vernon kept their cool come the end of the game, when Rutland tried stirring up a brawl knowing they were on the verge of being swept. Zecchel was pleased with the Tigers’ discipline.
“The boys did a good job of not giving in to Rutland’s rough play at the end of the game and just held on for the win. We took only 20 minutes in penalties, compared to their 42.”
In other quarterfinal action, the Kamloops Venom held a 1-0 series lead over the Kamloops Rattlers, thanks to a 6-5 win Thursday night. Game 2 went Saturday night, with a third, if required, going tonight.