Turnabout was fair play in a rematch one year in the making.
The Carstar Okotoks Bisons got a measure of revenge on the Wainwright Bisons from last year’s provincial final, taking the Battle of the Bisons Saturday night by a 4-3 score in overtime to advance to the final of the Hockey Alberta Junior B Provincial Championships in Peace River.
Blueliner Kegan Law ended the contest with a powerplay tally with 1:34 left in the first overtime period to send the herd to its second consecutive provincial gold medal game.
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Wainwright, the defending champions, took a 2-0 lead with Jake Snashall and Easton Dean answering back for Okotoks late in the four-goal middle frame.
The teams exchanged goals in the third stanza with Daniel Tainton’s goal on the man advantage countered by Wainwright’s Dalton Irvine, also on the powerplay, in a true special teams battle.
Law finished with a game high goal and two assists with captain Lucas Watkins adding a pair of helpers. Grady Nicholas had 18 saves for his third win of the tournament.
Okotoks will play the La Crete Lumber Barons for the provincial gold on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m.
La Crete is the only undefeated team in the competition and got the better of Okotoks in day two of the provincials in a 5-1 result despite Okotoks having a heavy edge in shots on goal.
The bronze medal game pits Wainwright and the St. Albert Merchants.
The medal games can be watched live on the HNLive platform.
For more information, go to haprovincials.ca.
