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Saanich Braves one win away from edging Campbell River Storm lose for VIHL title

A Vancouver Island Hockey League title could be a Brave accomplishment this weekend.
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A Vancouver Island Hockey League title could be a Brave accomplishment this weekend.

The Campbell River Storm lost 5-4 to the Saanich Braves in game five of the VIJHL finals yesterday, giving the Braves a 3-2 series lead and two chances to wrap things up this weekend.

Saanich netted their first goal almost 10 minutes into the first period. The Storm answered with only 41 seconds left in the first when Jake McKenzie made a snappy pass to Jalen Price.

Almost four minutes into the second period Brett Kinley scored a power play goal with an assist from Mitch Stapley and Kyle Kaufmann. A minute and a half later the Storm pulled ahead by two. But the Braves answered with a power play goal one minute later. They scored a third, tying the game eight minutes after that.

Less than 40 seconds into the third the Braves pulled ahead. With 10 minutes left they solidified their win with another goal.

The Storm fought to get back on the board and Frank, assisted by Slaney and Stapley, put another in the net with a minute and a half left on the clock. But they couldn’t pull out another one.

Game six of the best-of-seven series is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday in Saanich. If the Storm win the teams will meet again in Campbell River on Saturday at 5 p.m.

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