91原创鈥檚 James Rahe had a hat trick in game two of the Minto Cup, giving the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs a 2-0 lead in the Minto Cup.
The best-of-seven Canadian junior A national championship is being played at the 91原创 Events Centre between the Adanacs and Ontario鈥檚 Six Nations Arrows.
The Adanacs had rallied from behind in game one, scoring the only three goals of the third period to win 7-6.
Coquitla's Eli McLaughlin scored twice in a 1:44 span before captain Wes Berg notched the winner with nine minutes to play. It was the Adanacs first lead of the game and they had been playing from behind after Six Nations scored eights seconds in.
Goaltender Pete Dubenski earned first star honours, stopping 43 of the 49 shots he faced.
Quinn Powless led Six Nations with a goal and four assists while Johnny Powless had a goal and three assists.
Berg led the Adanacs with three goals and an assist.
Game two saw Coquitlam carry over their momentum from game one as they controlled from start to finish.
The Adanacs controlled most of the game and continued their strong special teams play with two powerplay goals and a shorthanded marker.
鈥淥ur discipline was key鈥�, said Coquitlam head coach Neil Doddridge. 鈥淲hen you鈥檙e discipline and you cash in on the powerplay, it makes a world of difference鈥�.
Coquitlam held the Six Nations offense to only three goals after forty minutes.
鈥淒ubenski was on again tonight and our defense was locked in鈥�, said Doddridge. 鈥淚t makes it hard for an offense to click when the defense is playing tight and aggressive鈥�.
鈥淲e started off really well which is something we rarely do鈥�, said forward Tyler Pace, the game鈥檚 first star.
鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 satisfied with my performance last night, so today was my turn to step up鈥�.
Pace finished with five points, as did Berg. McLaughlin had two goals and two assists.
For Six Nations, this marks the first time all season the team has lost back-to-back games. The Arrows offensive struggles continue, scoring twelve goals in two games.
鈥淚t was just a poor overall effort鈥�, said Arrows head coach Marshall Abrams. 鈥淲e came out flat and they jumped all over us鈥�.
The Arrows were outshot 56-35 and took fifteen penalties compared to Coquitlam鈥檚 ten.
鈥淥nce again we showed our inexperience in the finals鈥�, said Abrams. 鈥淲e took too many penalties and it鈥檚 hard to play like that, especially when you鈥檙e down鈥�.
鈥淚t鈥檒l be nice to take a day off tomorrow鈥�, said Abrams. 鈥淚t鈥檒l give the boys a chance to wipe their heads clean and put these two games behind them鈥�.
Game three of the series is Tuesday (Aug. 19) at 8 p.m. and game four is Aug. 20. If necessary, game five would be Aug. 21.
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