Doyle Cup all set to go

The battle ground for the Doyle Cup is set as the BCHL champion Penticton Vees, will take on the newly crowned AJHL champs the Brooks Bandits. In there 12 years in existence this is the first time Bandits have won the AJHL and should ask a lot of questions of the powerhouse Vees.

The Vees arsenal of the Reilly brothers, Lucia, Fogerty, Murphy, Gervias, Benik, St.Denis and between the pipes they have Kautner who has filled in nicely for the injured Garteig will be going into this series as favorites.
But, for Penticton to look beyond the Bandits and onto the RBC cup in Humboldt would be an unwise move indeed.

Brooks, has two potent lines that not only include former Grizzlie favorite Dylan Nowarkowski, they gave experienced attacking forwards in the like of 99pt man Matt Wilkins as well as experienced snipers in Cam Maclise, Reed Linaker, Mark Reners as well as goalie Jan Obernesser who finished 48 games with a 2.07 goals against average.

With Brooks earning 100 regular season points and finishing first in the AJHL's South Division, we should have ourselves one heck of a series.

The Doyle Cup is set for the following dates:

                 Date                            Home                         Away                                  

Game 1               Fri, Apr 20             Brooks                     Penticton               
Game 2               Sat, Apr 21             Brooks                    Penticton 
*(If the first two games are split)
*Game 3             Sun, Apr 22           Brooks                    Penticton
*(If the first two games are swept)
*Game 3             Tue, April 24         Penticton                  Brooks
Game 4              Weds, April 25       Penticton                  Brooks

Game 5 - 7 if they are neccesary, dates to be arranged. 

DOYLE CUP