Day 1 from the RBC Cup

Penticton Vees 1 - 2 Soo Thunderbirds

                              

 So, the shock of the 2012 RBC cup tournament has come early and were only one game into the tourney. The Central champions from Ontario, the Soo Thunderbirds have upset the RBC Cup favorite, Penticton Vees 2-1 in the first game of the round robin match up.

A 44 save ratio by T'birds John Klienhans stunningly kept out the offensive juggernaut that is the Vees.Michael Garteig would make 13 saves on the night and was powerless to stop the go ahead goal by Delayer with 8 minutes to go to send shockwaves through the host city of Humboldt. Soo forward, Wright would score for the NOJHL champs to take the lead into the first before the Vees, Joey Benik got the lone marker for Penticton.

The Vees are by no means out of the tournament, but, this will be a wake cup call, in case they went into Humboldt with a little too much South Okanagan swagger.

In theory the BCHL is regarded as a much better Junior A league, than the NOJHL which the T'birds play in and maybe goaltending saved them tonight, but regardless of the T'birds goalie Klienhans, the Vees will have to be a little more clinical against the host team and Anavent cup champs the Humboldt Broncos.

The Soo Thunderbirds take on the West representatives in the Portage Terriers

The Broncos are in action tonight against the East representatives the Woodstock Slammers