The Kenora Legion Bruins emerged C-Side Champs this past weekend at the annual LOTWMHA Atom tournament in Kenora. Backed by very strong goaltending down the stretch, the Bruins emerged with a hard fought 3-1 semi-final victory over a hard-working Interior Décor team to gain a berth in the big final on Sunday morning vs. Petro Canada, also from Kenora. Defense dominated the final game and with only a couple minutes left the Bruins were down 2-1 and could not seem to solve goaltender Corbin Paypompee who played rock-solid for the Petro-Can team from start to finish and shut the door on the Bruins’ forwards throughout the game. With the clock ticking down in regulation time, Bruin’s forward Jess Kellar’s relentless forechecking forced a turnover and Boe Rogers buried the biscuit into the mesh with only 16 seconds left in the 3rd period to force overtime. A five minute sudden-death 3-3 overtime period then began… with just over a couple minutes left the Bruins completed the comeback by snapping a rebound top shelf to seal the victory. Congratulations to both teams for a very entertaining game and some fantastic goaltending by Corbin Paypompee of Petro-Can and the Bruin’s Brandon Scott.
