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The Kingston Voyageurs managed to capture the Dudley Hewitt Cup, first in franchise history. Lets see how the final game went down.RBC Bound
The dream season continues for the Kingston KIMCO Voyageurs, as they prepare to head to Victoria, British Columbia to represent Central Canada at the Royal Bank Cup Canadian Junior "A" Hockey Championships, beginning May 2nd. The Vees avenged their round robin loss to the Fort Williams North Stars with a 4-1 victory to capture the Dudley Hewitt Cup. "I'm so proud of this group of guys," said Head Coach Evan Robinson. "We've made it as far as you can possibly make it at our level and we're going out there with the same goal we've gone everywhere else with," said Robinson.
In the final game, the Vees appeared to get on the board early, as James Cameron deflected an Anthony Geldart point shot through the legs of the Stars goaltender, but the goal was called back and Cameron was given a goaltender interference penalty. Seconds later the Stars scored on the power play and took the early 1-0 lead. This time, the Vees would not let Stars hang on for the 1-0 lead and a late first period goal by Adam McAllister would tie things up after 20 minutes. After a scoreless second period, it was Jarrett Burton scoring the eventual game winner, skating out from behind the net and putting a backhander into the top corner and giving the Vees the 2-1 lead. Minutes later Burton slid a pass through the legs of Stars defenseman Randal Hanlan and to a wide open Jeff Blackburn, who made no mistake and giving the Vees a big 3-1 lead. Mike Farrell put the final nail in the coffin and the Vees skated home with a 4-1 win to capture their first Dudley Hewitt Cup in franchise history.
Jarrett Burton was the Vees first star, while Jeff Blackburn was the second star and Justin evac was the third star. The line of Burton, Blackburn and Levac was dominant throughout the night in the championship game. In fact, several Voyageur players who had not played their best hockey throughout the week, all brought their A games on this night.
Goaltender Shawn Sirman was named tournament MVP, allowing just two goals against in four games and rookie Brock Higgs was named the round robin's leading scorer.
The Vees will now travel out to Victoria, BC to take part in the Royal Bank Cup and the many Kingston fans that traveled to Schreiber made sure they let the Vees players know it, as they began a chant of, "R-B-C, R-B-C, R-B-C" over the final 15 seconds of the game. "I thought the people that were there to support us were unbelievable all week long, but especially in that final game," said Assistant Coach Casey Torres. The Stars fans had clappers and air horns and our fans stayed right with them all game long on a noise level and I know for me personally, it gave me chills when they started chanting RBC at the end of the game," finished Torres.
The Kingston KIMCO Voyageurs would like to thank the city of Schreiber, Ontario and all the tournament volunteers for putting together such a well run tournament. This was a first class tournament, run by first class people. Finally, the entire Kingston Voyageurs organization and family would like to thank Frank and Linda Trichilo, the owners of the Imperial Motel and Drifters restaurant, in which they stayed in all week and all of their terrific staff, who made the Vees stay in Terrace Bay one each and every one of us will remember for the rest of our lives. The hospitality was beyond first class and they were a huge part of our success this week and we couldn't have done it without your help.
The dream season continues for the Kingston KIMCO Voyageurs, as they prepare to head to Victoria, British Columbia to represent Central Canada at the Royal Bank Cup Canadian Junior "A" Hockey Championships, beginning May 2nd. The Vees avenged their round robin loss to the Fort Williams North Stars with a 4-1 victory to capture the Dudley Hewitt Cup. "I'm so proud of this group of guys," said Head Coach Evan Robinson. "We've made it as far as you can possibly make it at our level and we're going out there with the same goal we've gone everywhere else with," said Robinson.
In the final game, the Vees appeared to get on the board early, as James Cameron deflected an Anthony Geldart point shot through the legs of the Stars goaltender, but the goal was called back and Cameron was given a goaltender interference penalty. Seconds later the Stars scored on the power play and took the early 1-0 lead. This time, the Vees would not let Stars hang on for the 1-0 lead and a late first period goal by Adam McAllister would tie things up after 20 minutes. After a scoreless second period, it was Jarrett Burton scoring the eventual game winner, skating out from behind the net and putting a backhander into the top corner and giving the Vees the 2-1 lead. Minutes later Burton slid a pass through the legs of Stars defenseman Randal Hanlan and to a wide open Jeff Blackburn, who made no mistake and giving the Vees a big 3-1 lead. Mike Farrell put the final nail in the coffin and the Vees skated home with a 4-1 win to capture their first Dudley Hewitt Cup in franchise history.
Jarrett Burton was the Vees first star, while Jeff Blackburn was the second star and Justin evac was the third star. The line of Burton, Blackburn and Levac was dominant throughout the night in the championship game. In fact, several Voyageur players who had not played their best hockey throughout the week, all brought their A games on this night.
Goaltender Shawn Sirman was named tournament MVP, allowing just two goals against in four games and rookie Brock Higgs was named the round robin's leading scorer.
The Vees will now travel out to Victoria, BC to take part in the Royal Bank Cup and the many Kingston fans that traveled to Schreiber made sure they let the Vees players know it, as they began a chant of, "R-B-C, R-B-C, R-B-C" over the final 15 seconds of the game. "I thought the people that were there to support us were unbelievable all week long, but especially in that final game," said Assistant Coach Casey Torres. The Stars fans had clappers and air horns and our fans stayed right with them all game long on a noise level and I know for me personally, it gave me chills when they started chanting RBC at the end of the game," finished Torres.
The Kingston KIMCO Voyageurs would like to thank the city of Schreiber, Ontario and all the tournament volunteers for putting together such a well run tournament. This was a first class tournament, run by first class people. Finally, the entire Kingston Voyageurs organization and family would like to thank Frank and Linda Trichilo, the owners of the Imperial Motel and Drifters restaurant, in which they stayed in all week and all of their terrific staff, who made the Vees stay in Terrace Bay one each and every one of us will remember for the rest of our lives. The hospitality was beyond first class and they were a huge part of our success this week and we couldn't have done it without your help.
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