Chiefs, Rangers, and Scotiabank Strike First

Three out of four Quarter Final Playoff Series began last night at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. The first game of the evening had the Sandtrap Chiefs (2nd) blank the Fairview Aces (7th) 7 to 0. The Chiefs led 2 to 0 after the first period on 2 goals, 11 seconds apart, by Gord Dickie. Dickie completed the natural hattrick, 2 minutes and 45 seconds into the second period. Sandtrap added 4 more goals by Kelly Saunders, Paul Wright, Brian McIntoch and Mark Walsh, to take a one game to none lead in the Best of Three series. Jason White recorded the shutout, his first of the season. Paul Wright contributed with four assists to go with his goal.

The Big Leagues' Rangers (6th) extracted a little revenge, from last season Lake City Cup Final, by defeating the Dartmouth Alpines (3rd) 4 to 3 in overtime. The Rangers headed into the second period with a 2 to 1 lead on 2 goals by Craig Booker, Scott MacKinnon replied for the Alpines. Big Leagues jumped out to a 3 to 1 lead on Booker's 3rd goal of the game, before Alpines' Dave Fader narrowed the score. With an extra attacker the Alpines tied the game at three on a goal by Darren Welsh with 1:52 remaining in regulation time. The Rangers wrapped up game one with a unassisted goal by Richie Holmes at the 4:31 mark of the first overtime period. The Leagues' top goaltender, Paul Forest was on his game to help Big Leagues to victory.

In the final game of the night, had Scotiabank (5th) down the T.J. Devils (4th) 5 to 3, to take a one game to none lead in their series. Scotiabank on 2 goals by Todd Miles and 1 by Danny Brewer held a 3 to 2 lead on the Devils after the first period. Kenny Hughes and Joe Kinch answered for T.J.'s in the first. Scotiabank increased their lead to 5 to 2 on goals by Allen Coyle and Danny Brewer, his 2nd of the game. The short bench Devils replied once more on his 2nd goal of the game by Joe Kinch to finish out the scoring. Rodney MacIntosh had 3 helpers for Scotiabank.