(Updated as of Monday, March 19)
The Redvers Rockets are in an early lead facing off against the Carnduff Red Devils in the final best of seven series for the Big Six championship.
The two teams first clashed on Wednesday, March 14, where the Rockets skated away with a resounding win of 4-0 over the Red Devils.
Three goals were had in the second period: Dakota Rose pulled out an unassisted goal, followed by a goal off Craig Gaudet’s stick from Drew Hoff and Brady Fidierchuk, and finally Brady Gaudet found the net from assists by Todd Gervais and Cory Jones.
In the third period Dakota Rose scored the final goal of the game off an assist from Jordan Miller and Drew Hoff.
The two teams met again on March 16 in Carnduff where the Redvers earned a goal in the latter part of the first period: Drew Hoff sounded the buzzer after assists by Remi Lamotte and Brady Fidierchuk. Less than two minutes later Carnduff’s Cody Moore scored off an assist by Landon Senchuk and Devon Carriere; then with 0:03 seconds left in the first Trevor Geiger lit up the goal off an assist by Nico Anderson during a Power Play to take the lead in the game 2-1.
Heading into the second both teams played a physical game, but Carnduff persevered to score their third goal of the game. Brandon Trask made it to the net for a goal off the sticks of Shawn Gallant and Mark Moriarty.
Although the Red Devils were ahead, the Rockets propelled themselves forward with two goals in the third: Dakota Rose put up a goal off an assist from Brent Wilson, while Todd Gervais capitalized on a scoring opportunity from Kelsey Kenler.
With the game all tied up the teams headed into overtime. The extra minutes of play didn’t see either team come ahead and the teams headed into a second overtime.
As the two teams battled it out the Rockets’ Koltyn Miller found a hole and earned the winning goal off a pass by Ryan Yates to win the second game of the series.
The final teams will battle on Thursday, March 22, in Carnduff at 8 p.m.
If the Rockets earn the win Thursday, they could be looking to sweep the series in the fourth game set at home ice on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m.
