The Miners Come Away With The Bronze Medal

 
The Edmonton Miners (3-3) faced the Six Nations Rivermen (3-3) in the bronze medal game of the President's Cup at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, Ontario. 

The goaltending match-up had Matt Hiebert in net for Edmonton facing Tye Belanger in net for the Rivermen. 

A game that just didn't have the intensity of some of the ones that we watched during the week.  While the Rivermen jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead, from that point it was all Edmonton.  Led by Dean Fairall, Cam Milligan, Brett Craig, and Connor Watson, the Miners jumped out to an 8-1 lead after two periods.  

The third period had Six Nations replaced Tye Belanger with Elan Henhawk in net.  
The teams continued the game trend through the period with Edmonton coming away with a 12-2 victory, and the Bronze Medal.

To The Game:

The Rivermen got on the board when Tyler Brown scored from in front off a Danton Miller pass at 2:38, but the Miners tied the game with a low to low bouncer off a Tyler Sonnichsen blast off a Cam Milligan feed at 7:12.

Edmonton took their first lead of the game with Brett Craig scoring unassisted at 10:13, followed by Connor Watson finishing a Dean Fairall pass at 12:33.  The Miners then increased their lead when Brett Craig blasted a laser to the corner unassisted at 17:09.

After one period, Edmonton 4 Six Nations 1.

Second Period:

Dean Fairall opened the second period scoring with a low to low shot off a Marcus Needham pass at 1:06, followed by Ronin Pusch on a great individual effort unassisted at 3:44.

Connor Watson Increased the lead with a sidearm snipe off a Jackson Gantin pass at 9:12, followed by Jake Bowen with a high to low blast off a Kyle Playsted feed at 12:53.

After two periods, Edmonton 8 Six Nations 1.

Third Period:

Six Nations replaced Tye Belanger with Elan Henhawk to start the third. 

Marcus Needham opened the scoring for Edmonton with a low to low shot off a Tyler Sonnichsen pass at 0:30 seconds, followed by Dean Fairall with a power-play goal off a Cam Milligan pass at 3:19.  The Miners continued the barrage with Nicolas Shankland scoring unassisted 7:18.

Six Nations finally got back on the board with David Anderson firing a laser to the corner off a Davin Bomberry pass at 7:34, but a goal from James McIntosh stopped the momentum at 11:40.

Final score, Edmonton 12 Six Nations 2.

Players of the Game:

Edmonton  - Brett Craig 
Six Nations  - Brooker Muir