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durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ April 26,2006 ♦ Page 17 Dunlops come up one win short Whitby drops Allan Cup final to host team BY BRIAN MCNAIR Staff Editor POWELL RIVER, B.C. - Although it ended with a disappointing thud, the season as a whole for the Whitby Dunlops Dunlops can only be viewed as a success. This is a team, after all, that didn't exist three years ago. Just two seasons since resurrecting the historic Dunlops name, the team came one win away from delivering the town its third Allan Cup senior national championship. championship. The tact the dream ended in a 7-1 defeat to the host Powell River Régals Saturday night in British Columbia doesn't diminish diminish what happened in the other 50 games this season. "For a lot of guys; it was the first Canadian championship. It was a good run," coach Mike Posavad said after the final game. "There was so much excitement. excitement. 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