The Bruins and Flames battled on Wednesday night for the right to hoist the Ice Chalice and forever have their names etched on the base of the soon to be storied trophy. The two teams battled all summer long with the Bruins taking all but one game that resulted in a tie. You could say the Bruins had the Flames number. The Flames had a lot to play for and came out firing on all cylinders. Less than 2 minutes in to the game Adam Thibault got the Flames on the board first. The lead was short lived, the Bruins and Alex Garceau bounced back and tied that game 1-1 four minutes later. The Flames were skating hard in the first period and after some solid pressure on the Bruins D, Adam Thibault struck again, burying his second goal of the game and putting the Flames up 2-1. Colin Mayer would then give the Flames a 3-1 lead when he scored with just over a minute to play in the period.

The Flames scored again to kick off the second period grabbing a 4-1 lead when Mark Ringuette buried a perfect pass from Dave Notartomaso. The Bruins were on the heals and figured it was time for a line up change. Captain Chris Donovan moved up from Defense to reunite the high powered offensive line from the regular season with Garceau and Nate Roy. The move paid off as the Bruins peppered the Flames goal outshooting them 19-6 and scored 5 goals in a 6 minute span. Nate Roy scored the first of his three goals in the period along with tallies from Chris Donovan and Bryan Werner the Bruins closed the second period up 6-4.

In the third period the Bruins were on cruise control as the Flames attempted to scrape back into the game. Taking chances on offense that resulted in 3 more goals by the Bruins. Chris Donovan potted two more goals completing his Hat Trick and Peter Radecki tallied one boosting the Bruins lead to 9-4. The Flames continued to fight hard and Dave Notartomaso brought them one goal closer when he scored with 5 minutes left in the third. But, 9-5 was as close as the Bruins would let them get. Alex Garceau put the nail in the coffin with a SH goal with under a minute left to play. Luis Galvao came up with some key saves in the closing minutes to preserve the win for the Bruins. 10-5 the final score, Bruins hoist the Ice Chalice as the Summer League Champions.

Bruins Highlights

Chris Donovan – 3 goals, 2 assists

Alex Garceau – 2 goals, 4 assists

Nate Roy – 3 goals, 2 assists

Flames Highlights

Adam Thibault – 2 goals

Dave Notartomaso – 1 goal, 1 assist

Mark Ringuette – 1 goal

Shots on Goal: Bruins 44, Flames 28

2010 Summer League Champion Bruins