Game 7 . . . it's over!

FIRST OVERTIME:
The fans are getting their money’s worth tonight. This has been a terrific hockey game. . . . The winning team will end up getting a bit more rest than originally scheduled, what with Sunday’s final moved to 6 p.m. local time (from 2 p.m.). . . . Of course, it’s a day off Saturday. . . . The Hitmen are outside their room and here come the officials. . . . Calgary G Martin Jones is the reason his guys are 4-4. So he’s the first star. . . . F Brayden Schenn has been the best of the Wheat Kings. The Los Angeles Kings took him fifth overall in the 2009 NHL draft and he has played like a No. 5 pick tonight. . . . I really wonder if this hasn’t been a case of Brandon needing this much time to shake off the rust. I believe they were eliminated on April 23. They took a week off and then practised for two weeks. But it’s got to be tough to be away for three weeks and then return at this level of competition, especially in your own community, and have success. . . . We’ll see how it goes from here. . . . Let’s drop the puck. . . . Calgary ices it. Faceoff to right of Jones. Schenn to Robak and it’s blocked in front. They scored off that play earlier. . . . Brandon F Toni Rajala cuts across the line to the wall, then curls back through the high slot. He drops the puck and it’s over as F Jay Fehr, a 20-year-old from Winkler, puts the Wheat Kings into Sunday’s final. And the Wheat Kings celebrate along the glass right in front of the Calgary fans. . . . It’s 3:16 of OT. Brandon outshoots Calgary 48-29. . . . Brandon couldn’t have picked a better time to beat Calgary. . . . The beauty of junior hockey as the underdog bites back in a big, big way. . . . This place will be a zoo come Sunday evening. . . . The flag-waving crowd is standing and waving and roaring. . . . No one will want to go home. . . . Don’t forget that Brandon, a team that twice surrendered five goals in first periods here, was down 2-0 in the first period in this one. . . . Give the stars to Jones, Schenn and Fehr. . . . Why Fehr? Because my wife is a Fehr, although they’re not related. . . . Wheat Kings go to centre ice and salute their fans. More noise. . . . There is joy in Mudville tonight. . . . This was a wonderful, wonderful junior hockey game. It seems the fans don't want to leave. They are standing and waving the towels. . . . Back with postgame and some notes in a bit.