CORNWALL, Ont. - The Oakville Blades had their playoff hopes quickly dashed last night at the RBC Cup junior A national hockey championship.

The unbeaten Camrose Kodiaks (Alta.), who rested players including goalie Allen York and Canadian junior A player of the year Joe Colborne, scored three short-handed goals in just under eight minutes in the second period and went on to drub the Blades (Ont.) 6-1 on Thursday.

The loss eliminated Oakville (1-3) at the five-team, round-robin tournament. Camrose, the nation's top-ranked team, goes 4-0 at the event and will play the 4th-seed Weeks Crushers (1-3) from north-central Nova Scotia in Saturday's 2 p.m. semifinal.

Saskatchewan's Humboldt Broncos (2-2) finished in second spot after a 4-1 win over Weeks earlier Thursday. The Broncos will play the host Cornwall Colts (2-2) on Saturday at 7 p.m., with the winners advancing to Sunday's 1 p.m. championship game.

Calgary's Jesse Todd scored two of the short-handed