EDMONTON – Opening the scoring 10 minutes in, and never looking back, the U SPORTS No. 2 ranked Alberta Golden Bears clinched their spot in both the 2022 Canada West Final and University Cup Championships with a 6-1 win over the Calgary Dinos on Saturday night.
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The win gives the Bears a sweep over the Dinos in their semifinal series, following their 6-2 win in Game 1 on Friday. The sweep is also the 17
th-straight for Alberta over Calgary, as they extend their win-streak over their rivals to 34-straight playoff games.
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Noah Philp was sensational again, adding three more points, including a pair of goals, finishing the semifinal series with eight points in two games.
Matt Fonteyne, Josh Paterson,
Josh Prokop, and
Luc Smith, also scored for Alberta, who secured a spot in the conference final for the 8
th time in the past nine seasons.
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Taz Burman turned aside 26 of the 27 shots he faced, earning his first career CW post season win. Â
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Carl Stankowski, who came in relief for Brodan Salmond in Game 1, stopped 24 of the 30 shots he faced as the Dinos starter in Game 2.
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 Tim Vanstone scored the lone Dinos goal midway through the third.
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Fonteyne and Paterson opened the scoring for Alberta in the first, with Fontenye's marker 10 minutes in coming on the powerplay.
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Philp added to the Bears lead midway through the third, as his shot from the halfway re-directed in off a Dino defender, and past Stankowski.
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Prokop's first of the series was an absolute beauty, beating Stankowski over the shoulder, destroying the Dinos goalie's water bottle. Philp added a second goal in the frame, a blast from the point, before the second period was over.
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Smith and Vanstone exchanged goals in the third.
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Alberta will host either the UBC Thunderbirds or Mount Royal Cougars in the 2022 Canada West Final, March 18-20 at Clare Drake Arena.
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