Winnipeg Ice unable to sweep Prince Albert, drop Game 4 3-1
With an opportunity to brush their first-round playoff sequence, the Winnipeg Ice offence, which scored 10 objectives on Tuesday evening, was as an alternative ice-cold on Wednesday.
The Ice fell 3-1 to the Prince Albert Raiders in Recreation 4 of the Japanese Convention first-round playoff sequence and the Raiders are nonetheless alive, chopping the sequence deficit to 3-1.
It was a far cry from the 10-1 drubbing the Ice delivered to Prince Albert in Recreation 3.
After neither workforce scored within the first, Prince Albert’s Remy Aquilon opened the scoring 1:53 into the center body on a powerplay, giving the Raiders their first lead of the sequence.
It could keep that method till early within the third when Eric Johnston scored what would grow to be the game-winner to place Prince Albert up a pair.
Winnipeg wouldn’t break the goose egg till the 18:51 mark of the third interval when Mikey Milne scored his fourth of the sequence, however the Raiders added an empty-netter simply 19 seconds later from Sloan Sanick.
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Matthew Savoie, who returned from harm after lacking the final two video games, added an help for the Ice.
Ice coach James Patrick stated his workforce acquired too cute at instances offensively.
“I believed we had some point-blank appears to be like and we had been passing off the again aspect,” Patrick stated. “As soon as they acquired the 2 goal-lead, they only lined 4 guys up on the blueline and we didn’t do a ok job of getting pucks in.”
Winnipeg goalie Daniel Hauser made 20 saves within the loss.
Ice defenceman Carson Lambos stated it was an instance of a determined Prince Albert workforce preventing to avoid wasting their season.
“They weren’t going to roll over with no struggle and we all know how arduous they are often to play on this constructing and that’s what we acquired tonight,” stated Lambos.
“We went chin-to-chin with them they usually ended up getting a few bounces and that was the distinction.”
The Ice may have one other probability to wrap up the sequence Friday evening in Winnipeg as Recreation 5 takes place on the Wayne Fleming Enviornment with the puck dropping simply after 7 p.m.
In different WHL playoff motion, the Brandon Wheat Kings evened their sequence with the Crimson Deer Rebels at two after a 3-1 win Wednesday.
