“Getting those four games is just a lot of confidence built up for us so that’s always good for us,” he said on Thursday.
“More of the same. Just playing our game, have lots of energy, you know,” he said of what they require to do to get back-to-back-to-back titles. “We know w’ere the best team here so just play our game I think if we play our game we’ll be fine.”
Who the Bandits play in the semi-finals depends upon the result of Friday’s quarter-finals video games. The Collingwood Blues deal with the Ottawa Junior Senators in the very first quarter-finals, followed by the Portage Terriers versus the Yarmouth Mariners.
Bandits awards
On Thursday, Fink got a trio of awards in Portage la Prairie. He was called the Canadian Junior Hockey League MVP, and the MVP and leading forward at the Centennial Cup. He led the round robin with 11 indicate likewise make the leading scorer award. His 5 objectives and 6 helps connected for the lead in both those classifications.
He credits his colleagues and coaches for pressing him every day and says the awards are terrific. He’s concentrated on another prize though.
“I just want another national championship,” he says. “That was the best feeling of my life last year. I don’t think there’s a better feeling than winning another national championship.”
Bandits blueliner Ethan Beyer was called the competition’s leading defenceman. He scored 3 objectives and 5 helps, putting him 2nd in scoring amongst all skaters.
