Glens claim third straight St. Lawrence Division championship

Though none of the players wanted to touch the trophy after the game, a 4-2 victory on the ice in Williamstown Saturday night was enough to clinch the St. Lawrence Division playoff championship, Alexandria's third in as many years.

The Glens built a 3-0 lead by the first intermission, though play was far from one-sided as Char-Lan had plenty of scoring opportunities, only stopped by a few goal posts and the strong play of Alexandria netminder Dominic Quann.

The Rebels finally were rewarded early in the second frame, but the Glens responded quickly to make it a 4-1 advantage for the visitors in a hard hitting, evenly played period.  With 37 seconds left, Char-Lan turned the red light on again, finding life as the boys headed into the third.

As the Rebels general manager, John Chafee, put it, "The story's not ready to be written yet."

The home team pulled out all the stops in the third, throwing everything they had at Quann and his Alexandria teammates, but the Glens tightened up their defensive play to secure the win in the game and the series, both by 4-2 margins.

Alexandria Coach Marc Sauve called it "quite the relief" to finally close out the division, adding the series was also "quite fun."

He pointed to the "strength of the core of the Glens," referring to the veteran playes who were part of two successive league championships the past two seasons, as key in maintaining an even keel in what was a tumultuous series that swung back and forth.

Next up for the Glens will be Gananoque, the Rideau Division champs, with the series likely to start in Alexandria on Friday.