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Underdog Lakers sink RoyalsVERNON, B.C. (CP) — The trip to Centennial Cup victory wasn’t easy for the Vernon Lakers.Their 6*5 sudden-death overtime win against the New Westminster Royals was a fitting end to an anxious season marked by an early slump and the firing of head coach Ernie Gare.Saturday’s Tier II National Hockey League title was extra sweet since the Lakers lost the B.C. Junior Hockey League final 4-2 to the Royals last month. And then new coach Ed Johnstone had 28 long days to keep the team sharp until the Centennial Cup.A short-handed, overtime goal was Johnstone’s prize for the hard work.Cam Sylven’s breakaway challenge:ie Mochrie shot a 4 under-par 68 sic by nine shots, impleted three trip around Green-arrow layout in 200, 16 under par. after a closing-round 69 and Meg D.r a 70 that left her at 211 tied within S under 33, moving her to 15 t lead over Johnson. No one else $hrie was the model of consistency, 7th holes before rolling in a birdie e.! for Mochrie, 24, a third-year proholes to get to 6 under. But she I the back nine and was unable tomarker at four minutes into overtime was the highlight of his career.“This is something ITl remember the rest of my life,” said an exuberant Sylven, who also scored the tying goal and assisted on Vernon’s third point.It was a disheartening night for the Royals who were undefeated in five games to qualify for the final and also held tlic uiper hand over the Lakers all sea.son.New Westminster led 5-2 after two periods in the final, but Vernon roared back with three unanswered goals in the third period.But Royals coach John Olvur wasn’t conceding defeat witli Saturday’s loss.“We beat Vernon in our league. We beat them in our league play offs and we beat them in the round-robin here,” he said tiying to make sense of the only loss that counted.“We felt, and we still feel, tliat we have the better hockey clul).” It was also a bittersweet week for other participants in the 1990 Centennial Cup.The Amherst Junior Raniljlers came into the chami)ionsliips representing the Atlantic Region and expecting to do well, but failed to win a single game.Les Sieurs du College Francais of Longueuil became the first Quebec team from the Central Region ever to qualify for the Centennial Cup and left with just one victoiy.And the Nipawin Hawks, theCHAMPIONS— Vernon Lakers coach Ed Johnstone helps hoist the Centennial Cup a ter his Lakers beat the New West Royals 6-5 in OT Saturday in Vernon.—CP laserphotoWc.st champions from Sa.s-katchcwan, brought nearly 300 fans with them, but lost to (lie Jjukers in a semi-final after fin ishing third in the round-robin.
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Mon, May 14, 1990
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