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Two down, one to go
MacIsaac scores in double overtime to send Caps to Royal Bank Cup
MONCTON, N.B.JASON SIMMONDS The Journal Pioneer
Two championships down, one more to go.Mike MacIsaac of O'Leary scored at 14:27 of the second 20-minute overtime period to give the Summerside Western Capitals a thrilling 3-2 decision over the host Dieppe Commandos in the final game of the Fred Page Cup Eastern Canadian junior 'A' hockey championship at the J. Louis Levesque Arena on Sunday."It's not easy on the heart," said MacIsaac, who also scored the overtime winner in the Maritime Junior 'A' Hockey League-clinching victory against the Truro Bearcats.The Capitals will be the East representative at the Royal Bank Cup in Victoria, B.C., from May 2-10. It will be the Capitals' first appearance at the national junior 'A' championship since winning it on home ice in 1997. "It's been just a tremendous experience and to be Fred Page Cup champions in the 29-year history of the Summerside Western Capitals, there's been no team able to do that," said Capitals head coach Kenny MacDougall. "It's great to be a part of it."Before a full house of 1,509 fans, MacIsaac capped off a two-on-one to send a large and noisy contingent of Capitals' supporters into a frenzy."A great battle by Bradley Smith along boards by our bench," said MacDougall. "He kind of got hooked up and kept skating, he laid a saucer pass to Mikey and Mikey does what Mikey does best - he scores big goals. "In the first period, I was playing four lines and Mikey came to me and he said, 'Don't save me, play me.'"Do you know what?"I'm glad I did."After Chad Locke opened the scoring for the Caps at 4:29 of the first period, Chuckie Schembri (14:18) and Willie Harvey (17:21) countered to give Dieppe a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. The score remained that way until 12:01 of the third period, when Locke pulled the Caps even."Nathan Snowie came out of the corner and took a shot on net," said Locke. "I just dove at it as I was on my knees and the goalie went down to poke-check me and it went right between his legs."MacIsaac's goal spoiled a valiant effort by Dieppe goaltender Mathieu Gauvreau, who stopped 68 of 71 shots."He's an outstanding goalie and played unbelievable," said MacIsaac. "We just stayed positive as much as we could and we knew that as long as we were getting opportunities, we were going to get a bounce."While Locke and MacIsaac delivered key goals, Capitals goaltender Alex Dupuis also delivered some overtime heroics. Early in the second extra frame, Dupuis kept the Capitals alive with a blocker save off tournament most-valuable-player Ryan Stoddard on a two-on-none."Stoddard came in and tried to go low blocker," said Dupuis. "I got a good read on it and I knew he was going to go there. "They seemed to be aiming for that spot all game and I was ready for it."Dupuis finished with 33 saves -- 13 in overtime."It was especially tough today because I wasn't getting much action, so I really had to be sharp," said Dupuis. "You just have to stay focused and concentrate."
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