Rustlers punch ticket to league final, Sr. AA provincials
The Red Deer Rustlers are off to the NCHL Vanberg Cup finals after beating the Morinville Kings 3-1 in game 5 of their second-round playoff series.
Red Deer will face the Daysland Northstars in the best-of-five league final.
“The round against Morinville had its fair share of highs and lows,” said Rustlers captain Mike Dempster. “Tthe first few games we played smart, we stayed out of the penalty box and worked as a team. We got our forecheck going and they had a pretty good comeback in the third period of game two and that kind of gave them a boost in the next two games.”
The Rustlers won games one and two before losing games three and four to set up a do or die fifth game.