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BRANDON, Man. — If they were going to be eliminated from the Western Hockey League playoffs Tuesday, the Edmonton Oil Kings wanted to go out giving everything they had against the Brandon Wheat Kings.

In the end, what they had left, wasn’t near enough, overrun 10-3 by the Wheat Kings and losing two key players to injury in the process.

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With the loss, the Oil Kings were eliminated, losing the series 4-2.

“Our guys played as hard as they could, I have a ton of respect for the kids in that room, they have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of,” Oil Kings head coach Steve Hamilton said.

“We took this thing as far as we could, that’s a championship-calibre team we played, they’re going to have a legitimate shot at the Memorial Cup and being in the mix for it. Our guys never shied away from the challenge or shied away from the moment and it got going a little bit in their favour (Tuesday). We lost Brandon (Baddock) early, we lost Aaron (Irving) early and we were rocking three really young defencemen over there. We got overwhelmed in spots, but we never stop playing, we never stopped trying.”