Xtreme oust Huskies in blowout

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There was a bevy of important playoff hockey Wednesday night in the region, including last night in Steinbach as the Springfield Xtreme trashed the Steinbach Huskies 9-1 to sweep the Huskies four straight in the semis as the Xtreme have advanced to the Hanover Tache Junior Hockey League finals for the second year in a row.

Matt Lamoureux scored the game`s first goal on a partial breakaway just 19 seconds after the opening face-off and the Xtreme were off to the races. Lamoureux had a goal and three assists in the rout while  Ben Naaykens, Riley Thomsen and Paul Binda each netted a pair.

Springfield, who lost to the Lorette Comets in last year`s final, will now take on either St. Adolphe or Red Red River in the best of seven final. Red River currently leads that series 3-0 with game four slated for Saturday at 8:00 p.m. at St. Adolphe.

Earlier, in high school hockey, the SRSS Sabres dumped the St. Paul`s Crusaders 5-2 to complete the two-game sweep of the first place Crusaders as the second place Sabres outscored the Crusaders 11-3 in the division final. The Sabres have now have won an astounding 21 straight games, incuding all six of their post-season games.

Graham Cruise paced the Sabres with two goals while Parker Janz, Nolan Peters and Matthew Broesky added singles. Oliver made 24 saves in net for the Sabres.

The Sabres will now take on either Springfield or Transconsa in the WHSHL Winnipeg Free Press Division finals next week at the MTS Iceplex. Springfield leads their series 1-0. The best of three finals will be Monday and Tuesday at 5:00 p.m., and Thursday, if necessary, at 4:30 p.m., with all three games at the Iceplex.

In the CSHL last night, the Red River Wild doubled the Springfield 98s to take a 3-2 lead in their semi-final series. Game six will be played Friday at 8:00 p.m. at Oakbank. If a deciding game is required, it will be played Sunday at 4:00 p.m. at St. Jean. The winner will take on the defending champion Ste Anne Aces in the CSHL finals.

And finally in Beausejour, the Eastman Selects, seventh place finishers in the Manitoba ‘AAA’ Midget Hockey League this year, upset the first place Winnipeg Wild 3-1 in game two of the best of five semi-finals, to tie that series 1-1.

Cole DeKoninck scored two third period goals to lead the Selects to victory. Game three in the series will be played Friday at 7:00 p.m. at the MTS Iceplex.