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Kindersley had the day off on Sunday at the Royal Bank Cup in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Here are the results from Sunday's action. Game #2 - Pacific (Nanaimo) 3 vs. East (Nepean) 4 - 2OT The Nanaimo Clippers came in as the favorite in this one, but both teams were feeling each other out in a scoreless first period. However, the second period was all Nanaimo as they scored three unanswered goals, including two power-play goals by Brandon Kushniruk and Raymond Sawada. The Clippers peppered the Raiders goalie, Ian Dames, with 20 shots in the second period alone, whereas the Clippers goalie only faced four shots. The third period saw a swing in momentum as the Clippers got into penalty trouble. The Raiders finally got on the board when they scored a power-play goal on a two man advantage at 12:26 of the third period, and the Raiders were now the ones carrying the play. Nepean added another power-play goal less than a minute later to bring them to within one. With just three minutes remaining, the Raiders tied things up at 3-3 on an unassisted goal by Brennan Sarazin, his second of the game. In the first overtime period, both teams exchanged chances, but the two netminders were up to the task. The comeback was complete when the game was decided in the second overtime. The hero was Brennan Sarazin scoring the game winning goal for Nepean at 19:06 of the second overtime period, and completing his natural hat-trick. Game #3 - Central (Aurora) 2 vs. Host (Grande Prairie) 4 The host team played their second game of the RBC Royal Bank Cup against the pre-tournament favorite, Aurora Tigers, in their first game at the 2004 RBC Royal Bank Cup. Josh Welter opened the scoring for the Storm with an unassisted short-handed goal to give the home town team a 1-0 lead. The Tigers responded immediately with a goal by Jeff Gilbert to tie things up at 1-1. Grande Prairie carried the majority of the play as the Storm added two more goals to give them a healthy 3-1 lead going into the second period. The Aurora goalie was extremely busy in the first period making 20 saves as his team gave up four power-play opportunities. The second period opened up with a power-play goal for Aurora as Michael Tonelli brought his team back to within one. Kyle Radke help the Storm regain their two goal lead with a power-play goal late in the second period. Grande Prairie held a 4-2 lead into the third period, but that was all that was needed as the Storm won their second game of the tournament. The Aurora goalie made 34 saves in the loss for the Tigers, and Jonathan Cayer had 28 saves in the victory for the Storm.
