Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Medicine Hat 4 Kootenay 1 Playoff Game #3

The Medicine Hat Tigers beat the Kootenay ICE 4-1 to get back in the playoff series against the Kootenay ICE.
ICE lead the series 2-1.
Tigers opened the scoring as the Emerson Etem blazed down the left wing and picked the far corner low on the glove side.
With 17 seconds left in the period James Martin's point shot missed the net, went off the end boards and off the back of the goalies leg into the net.
In the 2nd period Jayce Coyle got the game winning goal on a powerplay on a goal mouth scramble. Red light went on, no official signaled a goal but after a conference it was ruled a goal.
In the 3rd period the Tigers took a 3-1 lead as Todd Mathews stopped a Bretton Cameron breakaway only to have Wacey Hamilton backhand the rebound into the net. After the goal Cameron jumped on the back of Mathews who laying face down inside his net and was called for a charging major.
ICE pulled their goalie on a powerplay in the final minute only to have Joey Frazer get the shorthanded from inside his own blueline.

Game 4 in Wednesday in Medicine Hat.

GAme 5 Friday at the Rec-Plex.