The Cariboo Cougars made it a clean sweep Saturday.
Their 4-2 win over the Greater Vancouver Canadians at Kin 1 clinched the best-of-three quarterfinal series 2-0, setting up a semifinal match next weekend with the Vancouver North West Hawks.
Brett Fudger scored two goals and Brennan Bott and John Herrington also found the net for the Cougars. Easton Elmer and Lukas Olson were the Canadians’ marksmen.
Bott and Herrington scored late in the first period, after Elmer had tied it 1-1 on a Vancouver power play 18:26 into the first.
The Canadians made it a 3-2 game when they cashed in a 3-on-2 chance 1:40 into the second period. But Fudger restored the two-goal lead 18:34 into the period when he redirected a pas from Grady Thomas in the slot in front of goalie Geo Wilson.
Devin Chapman picked up the win in net for the Cougars, who won the opener Friday 8-2. Â
Cariboo will host the next round against the Chiefs, with games scheduled Friday and Saturday (both at 7 p.m.) and, if needed, Sunday (10 a.m.). Vancouver North East finished third in the regular season with a 25-8-5-2 record and 57 points, two behind the second-place Cougars (27-8-5-0). The Chiefs eliminated the Vancouver North West Hawks 2-0, winning both games in Burnaby by 3-2 counts.
The other semifinal matchup this weekend in Abbotsford pits the first-place Fraser Valley Thunderbirds (26-9-1-1) against the fourth-place Okanagan Rockets (24-12-1-3). The T-birds are the defending league champions.
