Boutin Nets Winner In Triple Overtime To Lead Mintos To Telus Cup Title[/b]
That is the only way to describe what the Prince Albert Mintos are feeling after capturing the 2014 Telus Cup championship with a thrilling 4-3 triple-overtime triumph over the Grenadiers de Chateauguay at Mosaic Place on Sunday.
The win, which capped a near perfect week where they went 5-0-2 and extended their unbeaten streak to 21 games at the national tournament, gives Prince Albert a third Telus Cup championship in nine seasons. There are no words to describe this feeling, said an ecstatic Dakota Boutin moments after he finished off a beautiful passing play with linemate Lance Yaremchuk with 1:24 left to play in the third extra session. It’s a good feeling; I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to end, lamented Mintos’ head coach Ken Morrison. Good for him (Boutin). Dakota is always late. He’s late for the bus, he’s late for meals and he had a chance to end it earlier. We’re going to have to bug him about that.
The game goes down as the longest ever in Telus Cup history eclipsing the previous marathon that also included the Mintos when they won their first championship in three overtime periods in 2006. Coincidentally, the Mintos also needed two overtime sessions when they claimed their last title in 2007. Sunday’s game didn’t start out the way Prince Albert had envisioned as the Grenadiers opened the scoring 4:23 into the first period after Tyler Hylland was sprung on a breakaway and he went in and beat Minto netminder Connor Ingram through the five-hole.
That deficit was the first time all week Prince Albert trailed in a game, but it wouldn’t be for long. Yaremchuk, with a bullet from inside the blueline that beat Chateauguay goaltender Etienne Montpetit over the shoulder, and Carson Cayer put Prince Albert in front before the first period was over. Martin-Olivier Cardinal got Chateauguay back on even terms just over five minutes into the second period, but Cayer notched his second of the game with 1.9 seconds left on the clock to give Prince Albert the lead once again.
Boutin then had a chance to extend the lead late in the final frame, but the puck rolled off his stick before he could tuck it behind Montpetit leaving the door open for the Grenadiers, who got the equalizer from Cardinal with just over five minutes left in regulation time.
The win, which capped a near perfect week where they went 5-0-2 and extended their unbeaten streak to 21 games at the national tournament, gives Prince Albert a third Telus Cup championship in nine seasons. There are no words to describe this feeling, said an ecstatic Dakota Boutin moments after he finished off a beautiful passing play with linemate Lance Yaremchuk with 1:24 left to play in the third extra session. It’s a good feeling; I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to end, lamented Mintos’ head coach Ken Morrison. Good for him (Boutin). Dakota is always late. He’s late for the bus, he’s late for meals and he had a chance to end it earlier. We’re going to have to bug him about that.
The game goes down as the longest ever in Telus Cup history eclipsing the previous marathon that also included the Mintos when they won their first championship in three overtime periods in 2006. Coincidentally, the Mintos also needed two overtime sessions when they claimed their last title in 2007. Sunday’s game didn’t start out the way Prince Albert had envisioned as the Grenadiers opened the scoring 4:23 into the first period after Tyler Hylland was sprung on a breakaway and he went in and beat Minto netminder Connor Ingram through the five-hole.
That deficit was the first time all week Prince Albert trailed in a game, but it wouldn’t be for long. Yaremchuk, with a bullet from inside the blueline that beat Chateauguay goaltender Etienne Montpetit over the shoulder, and Carson Cayer put Prince Albert in front before the first period was over. Martin-Olivier Cardinal got Chateauguay back on even terms just over five minutes into the second period, but Cayer notched his second of the game with 1.9 seconds left on the clock to give Prince Albert the lead once again.
Boutin then had a chance to extend the lead late in the final frame, but the puck rolled off his stick before he could tuck it behind Montpetit leaving the door open for the Grenadiers, who got the equalizer from Cardinal with just over five minutes left in regulation time.