Based on the firepower the Clarenville Caribous brought to the ice in winning last year's Herder provincial senior hockey final the Conception Bay North CeeBees, there were more than a few fans wondering whether this spring's Herder rematch between the two teams would even get to a Game 5.
But Freddy Diamond and the CeeBees had their say last weekend, ensuring there will be no series sweep and guaranteeing three Herder games will be played this weekend at Mile One Centre, which is the CeeBees' home ice for the best-of-seven series.
The Caribous won Saturday's opener of the Telegram Herder Memorial Trophy Championship Series at the Clarenville Events Centre, coming away with a 4-2 decision, but the CeeBees - who gave up an average of almost seven goals a contest (34 in total) in losing last year's Herder final in five games - got a 41-save performance from Diamond in Game 2 on Sunday as they won 4-1.
Game 3 of is set for Friday night at 7:30, with Games 4 and 5 to follow on Saturday, also at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tickets for the Herder games at Mile One went on sale March 4, and fans without those treasures could be out of luck. As of late Wednesday night, the three contests were all but sold out, according to the Mile One website.
Schedule
Game 3 (Mile One)
7:30 p.m., Friday
Game 4 (Mile One)
7:30 p.m., Saturday
Game 5 (Mile One)
2 p.m., Sunday
*Game 6 (Clarenville Events Centre)
8 p.m., Saturday, April 10
*Game 7 (Clarenville Events Centre)
2 p.m., Sunday, April. 11
* - if necessary
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Previous results
Game 1 (at Clarenville)
Clarenville 4, C.B.N. 2
Game 2 (at Clarenville)
C.B.N. 4, Clarenville 1
C.B.N.
Brad Sheppard,
Graham Jackman
Chad Fisher
Matthew French
Shane Gamberg
David Duffett
Steven Greeley
Paul Brown
Chad Parsons
Mike Dyke
Chris Sweet
Matthew Thomey
Peter George
Rod Keefe
Manny Smith
Bronson Dawe
Freddy Diamond
Mark Tobin
Chris Sparkes
Brent Lynch
Daniel Sparkes
Mike Stevens
Ryan Pittman
Tommy Snow
Doug Hardiman
Head coach:
Ian Moores
Assistant coaches:
Eddie Bartlett and Chris Crosbie
Clarenville
Ryan Lauzon
Andrew Pearcey
Dustin Russell
Travis Chapman
Chris Mooney
Ryan Penney
Derrick Kent
David Victor
Mike Sibley
Mitch Oake
Fred Earle
Grant Kenny
Mark Meade
Scott Young
Jeremey Kavanagh
Steve Gosse
Andrew Hill
Jason Picco
Brad Crann
Brad Bussey
Richard Paul
Lloyd Sacrey
Darren Colbourne
Jason Churchill
Kirk Stoyles
Head coach: Randy Pearcey
Assistant coaches: Ivan Hapgood and Todd Brett
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