The Assiniboia Senior Rebels and the Mossbank Blades hockey teams are headed to the championship final. Both teams finished in the top two spots during the regular season in the Notekeu League.
The Rebels, who finished first, continued their title hunt after blanking the Glentworth Thunder 4-0 in game five in Assiniboia on February 24.
The stands were full of fans from both teams. Assiniboia’s Al Sinclair opened the scoring halfway through a cautious and slow first period. Sean Whelan and Derek Lessmeister added two more in the second period and the Rebels took a commanding 3-0 lead before the third.
Mitch Hollick added one more for the Rebels early in the third period. The Rebels were able to capitalize on one of their seven power plays. Assists were from Brad Reaney, Derek Lessmeister, Colton Lethbridge, Zach Evans and Sean Whelan. Spencer Bushell played a solid 60 minutes in net and Clayton Schmidt was the goalie for the Thunder.
Glentworth did not get many quality shots, attempting only 13 times by the second period compared to 32 for the Rebels.
The schedule for the Notekeu League final is set with the Assiniboia Senior Rebels going head-to-head with the Mossbank Blades starting on Friday, March 3 in Assiniboia. The team will travel to Mossbank on Saturday, March 4. Games three and four of the best-of-seven series run the second weekend, on Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11, in Assiniboia and Mossbank, respectively.
If needed, games five, six and seven are schedule for Friday to Sunday, March 17 to 19.
