Two years removed as co-champions with the Hurricanes, the Screaming Squirrels are going back to the championship game, and they earned the opportunity Tuesday with a 7-0 trouncing of the 5-Holes, a team that finished ahead of them in the standings and beat them twice this season.
Jeff Ford and Ben Sumner together had five goals, and Kit Watson had three assists to lead the Squirrels to victory. Watson, Don Marks, Tony Richelsen and Desi Richelsen shut down the 5-Holes on defense, and Bob Sewell had 15 saves for the shutout.
In the other semi-final earlier in the evening, the Chupacabras upset the top-seeded Hurricanes, 1-0, putting the third and fifth-place teams in the championship game. The Squirrels are 2-0-1 against them this season.
The championship game is Thursday at 9:30 p.m.