2014 RBC Cup

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2014 RBC Cup
Game #10
Final (OT)
May 16, 2014 10:00 pm PST
Kal Tire Place
Vernon, BC

Scoring

Teams
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
Teams
1
2
3
OT
F
1
0
1
1
3

Shots on Goal

1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
1
2
3
OT
F
9
5
8
2
24
17
13
7
9
46

Statistics

PP
PIM
1 / 3
14
2 / 5
10

Game Story

DANCS DOES IT IN OVERTIME, VIPERS ADVANCE TO RBC CUP SEMIFINALS

JASON LA ROSE

VERNON, B.C. – Dexter Dancs was the overtime hero, scoring on the power play 10:17 into the extra period to give the Vernon Vipers a 3-2 win over the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots in Thursday night’s preliminary round finale, sending the host team to the semifinals at the 2014 RBC Cup.

The win means the Vipers will face the Yorkton Terriers in Saturday’s early semifinal (2 p.m. PT). It’ll be the second time the two teams face off in a national semifinal – Vernon scored a 7-5 victory in 1991.

The Dauphin Kings and Carleton Place Canadians will meet in the other semifinal (6 p.m. PT).

Dancs took a pass down low from Michael McNicholas and cut to the front of the net, sliding the puck under Toronto Lakeshore goaltender Evan Buitenhuis and setting off pandemonium at Kal Tire Place.

Brett Mulcahy and Demico Hannoun had the other goals for Vernon (2-2), which will make its ninth trip to the semifinals in 10 appearances at Canada’s National Junior A Championship, two wins from a record-setting seventh national title.

Andreas Tsogkas and Michael Prapavessis scored for Toronto Lakeshore (1-3), which saw its season come to an end after winning its first-ever Ontario Junior Hockey League and Dudley Hewitt Cup championships.

The Patriots were 7.5 seconds from defeat in regulation before Prapavessis’ power play goal forced overtime.

Buitenhuis was spectacular for Toronto Lakeshore, finishing with 43 saves. The Patriots were outshot by almost a two-to-one margin, 46-24, including 30-14 in the first two periods and 9-2 in overtime.

It was the Central Region champions who got on the board first; Tsogkas’ wrist shot from the high slot found its way through traffic and past Vernon netminder Austin Smith for a 1-0 lead.

But the Vipers would answer on a power play goal from Mulcahy, who finished off a pretty pass from Colton Sparrow to send the game to the first intermission tied 1-1.

That would be it for scoring through the 40 minutes despite the best efforts of the Vipers, who heavily outshot and out-chanced the Patriots in the first two periods.

Hannoun gave Vernon its first lead with 4:49 to go in the third, redirecting a pretty saucer pass from McNicholas over Buitenhuis’ glove, putting the Vipers on the verge of the semifinals, but Prapavessis evened the game in the dying seconds.

With Buitenhuis on the bench and Toronto Lakeshore enjoying a six-on-four advantage, a blind centering pass from Nathan Feric found its way onto the stick of the Patriots’ defenceman, who buried the tying goal.

Play-by-Play

Team
Description
Time
1st Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Ken Citron
Tripping minor (2:00)
04:24
GOAL
Goal: Andreas Tsogkas

06:34
PENALTY
Penalty: Luke Carter
(auto) Holding minor (2:00)
09:12
PENALTY
Penalty: Tyler Enns
(auto) High-Sticking minor (2:00)
10:53
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Brett Mulcahy

Assists: Colton Sparrow, Josh Bryan
11:57
2nd Period
PENALTY
Penalty: Ryall Ledyard
Roughing minor (2:00)
03:54
PENALTY
Penalty: Dylan Chanter
(auto) Boarding minor (2:00)
03:54
PENALTY
Penalty: Brendan Persley
Unsportsmanlike Conduct minor (2:00)
03:54
PENALTY
Penalty: Rory Bell
Roughing after the whistle minor (2:00)
09:45
PENALTY
Penalty: Colton Sparrow
Roughing after the whistle minor (2:00)
09:45
PENALTY
Penalty: Niko Kovachis
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
10:11
PENALTY
Penalty: Niko Kovachis
(auto) Hooking minor (2:00)
16:08
3rd Period
GOAL
Goal: Demico Hannoun

Assists: Michael McNicholas, Dexter Dancs
15:11
PENALTY
Penalty: Colton Sparrow
(auto) High-Sticking minor (2:00)
19:24
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Michael Prapavessis

Assists: Nathan Feric
19:24
Overtime
PENALTY
Penalty: Kevin Shier
(auto) High-Sticking minor (2:00)
09:09
GOAL (POWER PLAY)
Goal: Dexter Dancs

Assists: Michael McNicholas, Riley Guenther
10:17

Goaltenders

Name Team Mins SA SVS GA SV%
Evan Buitenhuis TLP 69 45 43 2 0.956
Austin Smith VER 69 24 22 2 0.917

Game Leaders

Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 1 - Points 2
G 1 - A 1 - P 2
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1
Goals 0 - Assists 2 - Points 2
G 0 - A 2 - P 2
Goals 0 - Assists 1 - Points 1
G 0 - A 1 - P 1
Goals 1 - Assists 0 - Points 1
G 1 - A 0 - P 1

Previous Games

2 - 3 L @ Vernon VipersVER
May 16, 2014
3 - 6 L vs. Yorkton TerriersYOR
May 18, 2014
2 - 4 L @ Carleton Place CanadiansCPC
May 14, 2014
3 - 2 W vs. Toronto Lakeshore PatriotsTLP
May 16, 2014
5 - 1 W vs. Yorkton TerriersYOR
May 12, 2014
2 - 5 L @ Dauphin KingsDAU
May 14, 2014
Videos
Photos
TELUS: REG 6 – STR 3 (Bronze Medal)
Miller and Woods had three points apiece to lead the Pat Canadians over the Bisons for bronze.
TELUS: TOR - CHA (Gold Medal)
Bonsteel scored twice and Ewing made 35 saves, leading the Young Nationals to their first TELUS Cup title.
TELUS: TOR 3 – REG 1 (Semifinal)
Regan got the winner seven minutes into the third period to send the Young Nationals to the final.
TELUS: CHA 7 – STR 1 (Semifinal)
The Grenadiers scored the game’s final seven goals to beat the Bisons and return to the gold medal game.
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