
CAMROSE KODIAKS (PACIFIC) OVERVIEW
For the fourth time in seven years, the Camrose Kodiaks will play for the National Junior A
Championship. RBC Royal Bank Cup champions in 2001 and runners-up in 2003 and 2005, the Kodiaks have
established themselves as arguably the country’s top Junior A franchise. Although they failed to win the
Alberta Junior Hockey League’s regular season
championship – they finished a single point behind the Fort Saskatchewan Traders – the Kodiaks won 12 of 17
in the postseason to win their fourth AJHL Championship, capped off by a six-game series win over the Traders
in the AJHL Final. Camrose used the scoring-by-committee approach in 2006/07, as six players scored more than
40 points. The
Kodiaks’ leading scorer, Chris Barton, finished with 61 (23 goals, 38 assists), 42 points behind AJHL scoring
champion Dustin Sather of Grande Prairie. As good as their offense was – they scored 240 goals, good for
third in the AJHL – Camrose’s defense was even better, allowing an AJHL-low 140 goals, or 2.3 per game. Allen
York and Keanan Boomer split the goaltending duties during the regular season, and both finished in the top
four in the AJHL in goals against average, with York’s 2.17 mark good for third, slightly ahead of Boomer’s
2.38. After a first-round bye, the Kodiaks dropped the Olds Grizzlys in five games and dispatched the Grande
Prairie Storm in six before knocking off the Traders. Facing off with the BCHL-champion Nanaimo Clippers in
the Doyle Cup, the Kodiaks dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker in Game 1 before reeling off four straight wins to
punch their ticket to Prince George.
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KODIAKS STILL PERFECT
AFTER WIN OVER LUMBER KINGS
Scott Kobialko’s goal 45 seconds into the game stood up as the winner as the Camrose Kodiaks
topped the Pembroke Lumber Kings 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at CN Centre in Prince George, BC, moving to 3-0
at the 2007 RBC Royal Bank Cup.
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TIGERS TOP KODIAKS, TAKE TOP SPOT IN ROUND ROBIN
The Aurora Tigers used a quick start and a third-period flurry to knock off the Camrose
Kodiaks 7-4 on Thursday afternoon, a win that allowed them to finish in first place in the round robin at the
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KODIAKS REBOUND FROM SLOW START TO TOP SPRUCE KINGS
Karl Stollery scored the game-winning goal on a 5-on-3 powerplay just 29 seconds into the
third period, helping the Camrose Kodiaks to a 4-2 win over the host Prince George Spruce Kings on Sunday
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COOK LOOKS FOR RARE RBC ROYAL BANK CUP DOUBLE
Very few players get the opportunity to win back-to-back National Junior A Championships.
Even fewer get the chance to do it as captain, which makes what Brady Cook is trying to do all the more
special.
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