Kevin Vandewater scored twice and Anders Strome had three assists as the South East Prairie Thunder edged the Manitoba Lightning 5-4 in Beausejour. Tim Plett, Travis Kornelson and Tim Skarperud also scored for the Prairie Thunder who have a 2-0 record in their eight-game round robin with the Lightning and the Ile des Chenes North Stars to determine the finalists for the best-of-seven Hockey Manitoba Senior "AAA" championship.