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It was almost 365 days to the day yesterday when the Calgary Mountaineers put a real scare into the eventual ‘08 Minto Cup champs, Orangeville Northmen, dropping a game to the Horn Heads by a slim 7-5 score, again giving a bit of proof that that “gap” between Ontario’s best and Alberta’s best might not be as gaping as once thought (Victoria barely got by Calgary last year too).

Last night, even more proof.

Whether you felt Orangeville was kinda just going through the motions or not, the Edmonton Eclipse almost pulled off the first Alberta over Ontario win on the national Jr. A stage, dropping last night’s round robin close-out to the OLA champs 10-9.

The rest of Day 3, after the jump.

DAY 3

Orangeville Northmen 10 over Edmonton Eclipse 9

ORA: Adam Jones (3G, 3A), Brandon Ivey (2G, 1A), Jordan Critch (2G), Jesse Gamble (1G, 1A), Mike Teeter (1G, 1A), Sean Gillies (1A), Mat MacLeod (1A), Andrew Suitor (1G), Jeremy Noble (1A), Travis Gibbons (1A), Blair Goss (1A) – Dilon Ward (38SH, 29SV, 9GA)

EDM: Shane Lopatynski (3G, 2A), Kirby Zdrill (4A), Greg Bourret (2G, 1A), Simon Giourmetakis (1G, 2A), Sean Reid (2A), Eric Ransom (1G, 1A), Time Nolte (1G, 1A), Marc Nano (1A), DJ Giacobbo (1A), Carson Barton (1G), Ryan O’Sullian (1A), Johnathan Domres (1A), Tyler Kristiansen (1A) – Marc Nano (57SH, 47SV, 10GA)

The Skinny Like we said earlir, the Eclipse were just a couple goals shy of making Minto history, again keeper Marc Nano giving the team a solid showing, his 153 shots against easily the most heat any keeper as seen at the tourney this year. “I’m really proud of all our guys,” Eclipse coach Dave Pym told the Canadian Press. “We just came up a little bit short. It wasn’t meant to be. It’s great for Alberta to be involved in the Minto. It gives the kids something to shoot for. We’ve got some fantastic players now in other parts of the country and not just in Ontario and British Columbia.”

• “There are a lot of midget teams bigger than us, so we’re used to being the small, fast, little quick team that everybody tries to kick the shit out of. We just tried to do what we do best and that is to use our smarts, our speed and our skill, and it paid off.” Matt Sawyer: Orangeville Banner

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Coquitlam Adanacs 11 over Brampton Excelsiors 10

COQ: Trevor Moore (1G, 6A), Robert Church (1G, 6A), Ben McIntosh (3G, 1A), Ryan Johnson (3A), Tor Reinholdt (1G, 1A), Matthew Dinsdale (1G, 1A), Travis Cornwall (1G, 1A), Corbyn Tao (2G), Jordan Weir (1G) – Dan Lewis (56SH, 46SV, 10GA)

BRA: Soctt Tinning (2G, 2A), Michael Burke (4A), Pat Saunders (2G, 2A), Jason Jones (2A), Dylan Evans (2G), Ryan McClelland (2G), Dylan Webster (1G), Andrew Marcoux (1A), Daniel Patterson (1A), Kyle Davis (1G), Adam McGourty (1A), Kevin Floris (1A) – Tyler Carlson (36SH, 25SV, 11GA)

The Skinny With the nation’s leading point getter Andrew Potter and rookie keeper sensation Steve Fryer’s names not on the game sheet (among others), the Excels ran into a hot Dan Lewis in the Adanacs’ cage, Coquitlam locking up second place in the round robin, setting them up with, well, Brampton again in the semi-final one-off to decide who dances with Orangeville in the Minto finale. With 7Pts last night, JOTY finalist Trevor Moore holds a slight three point lead over Adam Jones for the tournament scoring title, Moore with 18Pts after three games. The two teams meet up again tonight in a winner take all showdown. Ball drops at 8PM EST at the Powerade Centre.

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