Centennial Cup

ESTEVAN, Sask. — For more than two periods Sunday it looked like Zachary Roy was going to be unbeatable in the Centennial Cup championship final.

The Canadian Press This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 29, 2022 Roy's Pickering Panthers were nursing a 1-0 lead on a first-period goal from Ethan Doyle well into the final frame, but the Brooks Bandits -- who had the most potent offence of the tournament -- exploded for four third-period goals to give the Alberta Junior Hockey League champions a 4-1 win and their third national junior A hockey title.

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Forward Anthony Cipollone (Quinnipiac) redirected a Brendan Poshak (Northern Michigan) pass at 2:42 to make it 9-1 Brooks. Longueuil forward Owen Stammer clawed one back at 8:37 to the lead to 9-2, but Fink on the powerplay (14:49) and Brendan Mairs (17:34) added goals to give Brooks the 11-2 advantage. Bandits defenceman Zach Bookman (Merrimack) sniped a shot from the slot at 7:39 to increase the lead to 5-0, followed by an Ethan Lund (Niagara) goal at 10:29 to make it 6-0 after tapping in a loose puck off an Aiden Fink (Wisconsin) drive to the net. Brooks opened the scoring 3:30 into the contest, as Ryan McAllister (Western Michigan) scored on a forehand shot from the left circle to make it 1-0.

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As for Pickering, the Ontario Junior Hockey League champions had two regulation wins, an overtime win and the loss to Brooks in the round robin. They also hit another post with about 7 1/2 minutes to play in the period. The goal came against the flow of the play, as Brooks held a 12-3 edge in shots on goal.

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Forward Ryan McAllister (Western Michigan) blasted a one-timer from TJ Hughes (Michigan) at 13:10 to make it 3-1 Brooks. McAllister scored again at 17:49 on the powerplay from the left circle to make it 4-1. Just 14 seconds later, forward Devin Phillips (Holy Cross) scored on a breakaway to make it 2-1. Bandits forward Aiden Fink (Wisconsin) got the equalizer at 6:54 of the 3rd period, tapping in a backdoor pass from Nic DeGraves that was initially stopped, but cleaned up to tie the game 1-1.

For nearly 47 minutes Zach Roy did his best to will his Pickering Panthers to their first ever national championship.

Everyone back in Ontario is proud of how the Panthers represented the @OJHLOfficial🇨🇦 With eight over-agers on the squad, including Hutton, Roy, Rowe, Doyle, Partridge, Brendan Tomlinson, Ian Martin and Matthew Altomare, the Panthers will have to re-build for next year. Fourteen seconds later Devin Phillips was sprung on a breakaway and Brooks had the lead.