Wranglers wrestle Keystone Cup away from Knights
By The Nelson Daily Sports
There will be no three-peat for B.C. at the Keystone Cup, emblematic of Western Canada Junior B Hockey supremacy.
Cyclone Taylor champ, Peninsula Panthers of Victoria, lost out in the bronze medal game to the Pilot Butte Storm. The Panthers finished the round robin in third spot with a 3-2 record.
In the final, Blackfalds Ford Wranglers of Lacombe defeated Alberta rival and host Sherwood Park Knights 2-1 in the final to claim the Keystone Cup.
A goal at 12:39 of the third period by David Jantzie snapped a 1-1 tie and powered the Wranglers to the title.
Sherwood Park held a 1-0 lead after one period before Blackfalds tied the contest in the second.
Sherwood Park outshot the Wranglers 44-34 but goalie Tanner Schalin stood tall in the nets to lead Blackfalds to the victory.
In the bronze medal game Saskatchewan’s Pilot Butte Storm scored four times in the final 40 minutes to knock off the Panthers from Victoria 5-3.
Richmond Sockeyes and 2010 KIJHL champion Revelstoke Grizzlies had won the Keystone title the past two years.
The Arborg Ice Dawgs of Manitoba and Thunder Bay of Ontario were the other teams at the tournament.
