Friday night in Ile des Chenes, the Northstars gave Winkler all they could handle. They took the game to extra time with a goal in the final seconds of the third but it was Winkler's Braden Hildebrand with the overtime winner 4:26 in that gave the Royals the championship.

The Northstars were up a goal after the first with Paisley scoring midway through the period. Paisley extended the lead to 2-0 early in the second and the teams headed to the final period, Ile des Chenes looking to force a gave seven in Winkler.

The Royals' Fowlie made it a one goal game 5:48 in and Augert followed that up two minutes later on the powerplay to tie it at two. The tie didn't last long as Henry gave Winkler their 1st lead of the game a minute later.

Pressing for the equalizer as time wound down, Beauchemin tied it at three with 6.2 seconds remaining and the teams headed to overtime where Hildebrand would give Winkler their 4th SEMHL championship.

The playoff MVP, as selected by the Royals staff, was goaltender Matthew Thiessen who finished the post-season with a spectacular 10-3 record, 1.98 GAA, 94.5% save percentage, and four shutouts.

Winkler will now face the Killarney Shamrocks in the Provincial Senior "A" best of three final. Watch for the schedule!