The defending Allan Cup champion Bentley Generals easily won their 2013-14 Chinook Hockey League regular-season home-opener Sunday, dumping the visiting Innisfail Eagles 7-0.
Connor Shields and Cody Esposito each tallied twice for the Generals, who opened their season with a 4-3 shootout win over the host Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs Saturday night.
Also scoring for the Generals Sunday were Randall Gelech, Chris Neiszner and Curtis Austring, while Travis Yonkman stopped 24 shots for the shutout.
The Eagles, who trailed 4-0 after one period and 5-0 after 40 minutes, got a combined 36-save outing from starter Jonathan Larose and Bryce Luker.
On Saturday, Austring tallied the lone shootout goal to lift the Generals past the Chiefs. Gelech, Shields and Donald Morrison had regulation-time goals for Bentley.
Todd Ford turned aside 29 shots for the winners. Chiefs netminder Jim Watt kept his team in the game with a 44-save performance.
On Friday, the host Eagles downed the Okotoks Drillers — a first-year Chinook League team — 5-3 as Tylor Kellor notched the winner on a late third-period power play and then sealed the deal with an empty-netter.
The other Innisfail goals were supplied by Darrin Robak, Luke Boyer and Aaron Boyer. Luker made 29 saves for the win as the Eagles held a 45-32 edge in shots.