Sunday, May 1, 2011

Royal Bank Cup: Portage 5 Pembroke 2

This is posted on the RBC Cup website:

Game Summary

Pembroke Lumber Kings 2 - Portage Terriers 5

TERRIERS SPREAD OUT OFFENCE IN WIN OVER LUMBER KINGS

CAMROSE, Alta. – Brent Wold scored once and added an assist to lead a balanced offence as the PortageTerriers opened their 2011 RBC Cup with a 5-2 win over the Pembroke Lumber Kings on Sunday afternoon at theEdgeworth Centre.

Five players scored goals and 10 had at least one point for the Terriers, who held the Lumber Kings offthe scoresheet at five-on-five and killed six of eight Pembroke power plays.

Wold, Cody Kostecki, Brendan Harms, Kajon McKay and Shaquille Merasty scored the goals for Portage (1-0),which won its first meeting with Pembroke since beating the Lumber Kings in five games to win the 1973national championship.

Jonathan Milley and Matthew Zay both recorded power play goals for Pembroke (0-1), which outshot theTerriers 31-22 but could not beat Portage netminder Jason Kasdorf, who made 29 saves in Player of the Gameperformance.

The Terriers will have a chance at a 2-0 start when they face the two-time defending champions from Vernonon Monday afternoon (3:30 p.m. MT), while the Lumber Kings meet Wellington in Monday’s late game (7:30 p.m.MT).

For more on tonight's game check out the boxscore,

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/75138/la_id/1/game_id/157717/season_id/157706/ss_id/73728/

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