Edam ousts Beaver Blues in game 5
The Battleford Beaver Blues were one game away from advancing to the league finals after their 4-3 overtime win on Feb. 27, but the Edam Three Stars outscored them 12-4 in the next two games, winning the semifinal series three games to two.
Edam moves on to play Hafford in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League final, and Battleford’s season is done.
The 7-3 win in game four and 5-1 win in game five for Edam were much closer than the scores suggest, according to Beaver Blues defenceman Kevin Russell.
“A couple scores that they beat us on didn’t really reflect it… [but] they were tight games,” Russell said. “We had a couple mental breakdowns when they capitalized lots [because] they score in flurries. We were two evenly matched teams and they just got the better of us.”