MEDIA RECAP – Saturday May 21, 2022
2022 Centennial Cup, presented by Tim Hortons
Estevan, Sask. | May 19-29, 2022
Brooks Bandits 11, Red Lake Miners 4
Flin Flon Bombers 3, Ottawa Jr. Senators 2 (OT)
Pickering Panthers 10, Estevan Bruins 5
Next games – Sunday, May 22:
- Dauphin Kings vs. Summerside Western Capitals (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)
- Collège Français de Longueuil vs. Pickering Panthers (9:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. PT)
TSN and RDS, Hockey Canada’s official broadcast partners, will broadcast the championship game at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on May 29, with all preliminary-round and playoff-round games livestreamed at HockeyCanada.ca.
Quotes:
“I didn’t think we were very good for the first two periods. We only gave up 10 shots (through 40 minutes), with four of them being high-quality chances and I don’t think we were fair to our goaltender. We played extremely loose, not very detailed or with intensity, but the third period was a better version of ourselves. We still have to do a better job of playing like we did in the third from the start of the game.”
- Brooks Bandits head coach Ryan Papaioannou on wanting a better effort from his team
“I saw [Drew] Kuzma coming up the wall with their two guys [and there was] some open space and the five-hole open, so I took a shot and it went in. It was amazing; it’s a huge win for us. We’re the only team here without a championship and that’s what we’re trying to win, so two wins in two games is big for us.”
- Flin Flon Bombers forward Xavier Lapointe on scoring the overtime winner
“I think the kids realized in the second intermission [tied 5-5] that we have a chance. We knew we were playing against a great team and maybe we had them on the ropes a little bit as we were able to keep hanging around. We’re in a tough pool, but we can’t take the foot off the gas; we have to keep pushing and let everyone know the Pickering Panthers are here.”
- Pickering Panthers head coach Rob Pearson on his team’s confidence moving forward