Nanaimo Clippers, still perfect in the post-season, have the edge in their series against the 91原创 91原创.

The Clippers defeated the 91原创 3-0 in Game 2 of the B.C. Hockey League鈥檚 Coastal finals on Saturday, April 30, at Frank Crane Arena, and lead the best-of-seven series two games to none.

Nanaimo鈥檚 goalie Cooper Black made 26 saves for his third-straight shutout, Jake Hewitt scored twice and Sean Donaldson added his league-leading 10th goal of the post-season.

Hewitt said after his goal early in the first period, the Clippers didn鈥檛 necessarily think a one-goal lead was enough, but 鈥渨e鈥檝e got to protect that while we can, so we kept protecting. We trust Coop in net so we just played our systems, shut down and it worked out for us.鈥�

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Black, chosen first star for a third straight game, now has a shutout streak of more than 230 minutes and counting.

鈥淵ou can鈥檛 think like he鈥檚 going to bail us out every night, but you鈥檝e just got to stay strong in front of him and know he鈥檒l make the saves that he has to make,鈥� Hewitt said.

GAME ON 鈥� Game 3 and 4 are in 91原创 on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3-4. Game 5, if necessary, would be back in Nanaimo on Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena.

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