Tyler Dittmer scored twice and Steve Christie stopped all 41 shots he faced as the South East Prairie Thunder defeated the Stoney Creek Generals 3-0 Tuesday afternoon at the 2017 Allan Cup in Boutouche, New Brunswick.

Dittmer opened the scoring as he beat Generals netminder Dave Brown 7:29 into the first period and then added an empty netter with five seconds remaining in regulation.

Shane Luke extended South East's lead to 2-0 when he scored 5:34 into the third period.

The Prairie Thunder will play their final round robin game Wednesday afternoon (2 p.m.) against Lameque.

South East will finish in first place in Division One with a win over the Au Ptit Mousse and receive a bye to the semifinals on Friday.


photo courtesy Doug Mathieson/allancup.ca