(above) When you're too young to grow playoff beards, the blonde hair coloring comes in handy for the Camrose KodiaksFrom: Edmonton Sun
by Jonathan Huntington
CAMROSE, ALBERTA -- DU recruits Joe Colborne and Shawn Ostrow led the Camrose Kodiaks to a 2-0 victory over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons in Game 7 last night. Colborne scored the game winning goal and was named playoff MVP with a league-high eight goals. Ostrow was credited with several physical hits that set the tone of the game for Camrose.
Colborne and Ostrow ensured this group of Kodiaks didn't get labeled as chokers after blowing a 3-1 series lead.
The victory means the Kodiaks will battle Penticton (the BCHL champs) in the Doyle Cup - a series the franchise has never lost in its 11-year existence.
The Doyle Cup - which will determine the Pacific Region representative in the national Junior A tournament - will start Friday night in Alberta.
BACK-TO-BACK TITLES
Camrose now has back-to-back AJHL titles and has continued its streak of winning all five championship games on home ice.
The victory also marks the second straight league title for York in a Kodiaks' uniform.
After setting a punishing physical tone to start the first period, the Kodiaks opened the scoring for the first time in five games when Colborne beat Eric Potvin on a screen shot from just inside the blue-line on the power play.
The tally at 14:40 of the second period marked Colborne's first point in the last five games in this series.
By the end of the opening 20 minutes, Camrose had delivered a whopping 34 hits - 25 more than Fort Mac.
While there were several highlight-reel collisions, Shawn Ostrow delivered the two best Camrose hits - on Robert Nocera into the goal post and on Ryan DeVries.
But the tide started to turn in the second period of the deciding game of the Enerflex Cup series, when the Oil Barons began to buzz around York's net.
It actually appeared the visitors tied the game with 7:30 left in the middle frame but the referee tandem of Curtis Nichols and Dion Pollard claimed the whistle had blown before the puck crossed the line.
That decision led to Fort Mac assistant coach Nick Roberts to snapping at one official in pure frustration.
But showing determination that was clearly lacking through most of Games 5 and 6, the Kodiaks refused to die in the third period.
KNOCKOUT BLOW
Alex MacLeod delivered the knockout blow just 1:36 into the third period when he beat Potvin on a long range slap shot that should have been stopped.
Fort Mac stormed Camrose goaltender Allen York in the final seven minutes, with Nocera having the best chance to score - but York somehow trapped the puck between his blocker and his body to take away a sure goal.
The victory marked the second time in three years that Camrose defeated Fort Mac in Game 7 of the AJHL final series.
by Jonathan Huntington
CAMROSE, ALBERTA -- DU recruits Joe Colborne and Shawn Ostrow led the Camrose Kodiaks to a 2-0 victory over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons in Game 7 last night. Colborne scored the game winning goal and was named playoff MVP with a league-high eight goals. Ostrow was credited with several physical hits that set the tone of the game for Camrose.
Colborne and Ostrow ensured this group of Kodiaks didn't get labeled as chokers after blowing a 3-1 series lead.
The victory means the Kodiaks will battle Penticton (the BCHL champs) in the Doyle Cup - a series the franchise has never lost in its 11-year existence.
The Doyle Cup - which will determine the Pacific Region representative in the national Junior A tournament - will start Friday night in Alberta.
BACK-TO-BACK TITLES
Camrose now has back-to-back AJHL titles and has continued its streak of winning all five championship games on home ice.
The victory also marks the second straight league title for York in a Kodiaks' uniform.
After setting a punishing physical tone to start the first period, the Kodiaks opened the scoring for the first time in five games when Colborne beat Eric Potvin on a screen shot from just inside the blue-line on the power play.
The tally at 14:40 of the second period marked Colborne's first point in the last five games in this series.
By the end of the opening 20 minutes, Camrose had delivered a whopping 34 hits - 25 more than Fort Mac.
While there were several highlight-reel collisions, Shawn Ostrow delivered the two best Camrose hits - on Robert Nocera into the goal post and on Ryan DeVries.
But the tide started to turn in the second period of the deciding game of the Enerflex Cup series, when the Oil Barons began to buzz around York's net.
It actually appeared the visitors tied the game with 7:30 left in the middle frame but the referee tandem of Curtis Nichols and Dion Pollard claimed the whistle had blown before the puck crossed the line.
That decision led to Fort Mac assistant coach Nick Roberts to snapping at one official in pure frustration.
But showing determination that was clearly lacking through most of Games 5 and 6, the Kodiaks refused to die in the third period.
KNOCKOUT BLOW
Alex MacLeod delivered the knockout blow just 1:36 into the third period when he beat Potvin on a long range slap shot that should have been stopped.
Fort Mac stormed Camrose goaltender Allen York in the final seven minutes, with Nocera having the best chance to score - but York somehow trapped the puck between his blocker and his body to take away a sure goal.
The victory marked the second time in three years that Camrose defeated Fort Mac in Game 7 of the AJHL final series.
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