FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Jordan Alford made 23 saves, Travis Brigley, Curtis Austring and Sean Robertson each had a goal and an assist and the Bentley Generals beat the Powell River Regals 5-1 to claim a spot in the semifinals at the Allan Cup senior hockey championship on Thursday.

Kevin Smyth and Tyler Haarstad had the other goals for the Generals, while Darren Van Impe and Joe Vandermeer each added two assists.

Bentley will take on the Dundas Real McCoys in one of Friday's semifinals.

Tyler Leibel had the only goal for Powell River, while Chad Vizzutti turned aside 38 shots in defeat.

In Thursday's other quarter-final, Mike Martens had two goals and an assist as the South East Prairie Thunder beat the Clarenville Caribous 7-3.

Cory Baldwin added a goal and two assists, while Nick Fuher and Tim Krymusa had a goal and an assist each for the Thunder, who will play the host Fort St. John Flyers in Friday's other semifinal.

Travis Kornelsen and Tim Plett also scored for South East Prairie, while Dane Crowley added three assists.

Chris Peach, Derrick Kent and Mitch Oake replied for Clarenville.

Justin Harrris made 27 saves to pick up the win, while Jason Churchill faced 60 shots in defeat.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canadian Senior AAA

Championship

At Fort St. John, B.C.

All Times ET

Group A

                  GP W L OL GF GA   Pt

x-Dundas 2 1 0 1 7 5 3

South East 2 1 1 0 5 5 2

Powell River 2 0 1 1 6 8 1

Group B

                  GP W  L  OL   GF GA Pt

x-Fort St. John 2 2 0 0 13 4 4

Bentley 2 1 1 0 8 9 2

Clarenville 2 0 2 0 5 13 0

x — clinched semifinal berth.

Thursday Results

Quarter-finals

Bentley 5, Powell River 1

South East 7, Clarenville 3

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Round Robin

Wednesday Results

Bentley 7, Clarenville 2

Dundas 4, Powell River 4

End of round robin

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Friday Games

Semifinals

(QF winners will play first-place team from opposite division)

Dundas vs. Bentley, 5 p.m.

Fort St. John vs. South East, 11 p.m.

Saturday Game

Championship

Semifinal Winners, 5 p.m.

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Participants

Bentley Generals (Alberta)

Clarenville Caribous (Atlantic)

Dundas Real McCoys (Central)

Fort St. John Flyers (host)

Powell River Regals (B.C.)

South East Prairie Thunder (West)

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PREVIOUS RESULTS

Monday, April 19

Fort St. John 7, Bentley 1

South East 4, Powell River 2

Tuesday, April 20

Dundas 3, South East 1

Fort St. John 6, Clarenville 3