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Game #4 - West (Kindersley) 1 vs. East (Nepean) 2 The Kindersley Klippers came in needing a win after losing in their opening game vs. Grande Prairie. But it was the Nepean Raiders who scored the first two goals of the game, both on the power-play. Chris Priolo scored both goals for the Raiders, one in the first, and one in the second. Kindersley had been swarming on a few power-plays, including a 5-on-3 advantage. After hitting the post and the cross bar, Josh Sim finally got the Klippers on the board with only 35 seconds left in the second period. With Nepean leading 2-1 heading into the third, Kindersley was fighting to get their first win, and Nepean was trying to keep their perfect record intact. The third period remained scoreless, despite Kindersley pulling their goalie for the extra attacker. Mitch O'Keefe made 31 saves for the win in the Nepean net, while Kevin Dziaduck had 23 saves in the loss for Kindersley. Nepean is now 2-0 and tied for the tournament lead, while Kindersley is 0-2. Game #5 - Central (Aurora) 4 vs. Pacific (Nanaimo) 2 Despite being considered two of the favorites going in, Aurora and Nanaimo where both looking for their first win of the tournament. Aurora opened the scoring on an individual effort by Francis Walker to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Tyson Mullock responded for the Clippers with a power-play goal three minutes later to tie things at 1-1. Sean Scully ripped one top shelf from the point for another power-play goal, this time by the Tigers, to restore their one goal lead. With a 2-1 Aurora lead in the second, penalties continued to play a big part in this game as Nanaimo's Tyler Mugford scored his teams' second power-play goal to knot things up at 2-2. Aurora, with their second two-man advantage, scored yet another power-play goal when Sean Scully scored his second of the night in a goal very similar to his first period goal picking the top shelf again. As Nanaimo struggled to stay out of the box, Aurora capitalized on its third 5-3 advantage with Francis Walker's second goal of the night. The Tigers held a 4-2 going into the third, and that proved to be enough. One of the most anticipated match-ups of the round robin will be Wednesday, when Nanaimo faces Grande Prairie, as it as it will be the first time that these two teams meet since the Doyle Cup final that Nanaimo won 4 games to 1.
