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It was another successful Western Canadian Brewers Cup,
with a new champion. The semi-finals consisted of four
great hockey clubs which they had the final honor to
compete for the highly coveted Western Canadian Brewers
Cup. On one side we had the Regina Brewers vs the
defending champions the Odessa Eagles. Each team battled until
Odessa
finally took the lead and control of the game in the 3rd
periond with 4 goals to advance to the Brewers Cup Final with a
5 - 3 victory. The second feature of the day
was the Lum/Bet Lumber Jax vs the Edm Avalanche. These two
teams squared off against each other in a all out shoot
out with each team taking the lead through out the game.
Finally ending the game in a tie forcing it to overtime.The overtime was just as intense as the game
was in regular time. With the Avalanche finally winning
the game in the first OT period to
advance to there 1st Brewers Cup appearance. The final was a
classic Brewers Cup final with each team providing the
kind of excitement that champions are made of, but only one can be
crowned the champion and that was Edmonton Avalanche
edging the Odessa Eagles to capture their
1st Brewers Cup title with a score
of 6 to 5. The Avalanches Alex Rakowski was named the MVP of the
Tournament.
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