Cranbrook, BC – Edmonton Oil Kings forward Michael St. Croix scored 2 first period gals in a 7-1 win over the Kootenay ICE in game 3 of their 1st round Playoff series in WHL action on Tuesday.
Early in the first period the teams exchanged 4 goals in less than 5 minutes with Edmonton’s Michael St. Croix scoring twice and Curtis Lazar getting the other.
The ICE tied the game 1-1 on Luke Philps’ 2nd of the series.
St. Croix has scored a goal in all 3 games.
In the second period Luke Bertolucci made it 4-1 on a wraparound.
In the third period a powerplay goal by Griffing Reinhart made the score 5-1 and the ICE changed goalies with Wyatt Hoflin replacing Mackenzie Skapski.
Trevor Cheek made it 6-1 on the first shot on the new goalie and Cole Benson made it 7-1.
The ICE powerplay is 0-for-12 in the series and the Oil Kings are 4-for-9.
The Oil Kings have outscored the ICE 17-3 in the series.
The ICE will host Edmonton on Wednesday in game 4 of their 1st round playoff series.
Wed Mar 27 Edmonton @ Kootenay 7:00
Fri Mar 29 Kootenay @ Edmonton 7:00
Sun Mar 31 Edmonton @ Kootenay 6:00
Tue Apr 2 Kootenay @ Edmonton 7:00
ICE scratches – Tanner Muth, Levi Cable.
Game Summary
Edmonton leads the series 2-1.
1st Period-
1, Edmonton, St. Croix 3 1:50.
2, Kootenay, Philp 2 (Leach, Montgomery), 3:24.
3, Edmonton, Lazar 1 (Samuelsson), 4:13.
4, Edmonton, St. Croix 4 (Cheek), 6:14.
Penalties-Baddock Edm (charging), 9:31.
2nd Period-
5, Edmonton, Bertolucci 1 14:15.
Penalties-Ewanyk Edm (interference), 8:42.
3rd Period-
6, Edmonton, Reinhart 1 (Cheek), 5:00 (PP).
7, Edmonton, Cheek 3 (Legault, St. Croix), 8:39.
8, Edmonton, Benson 1 (Baddock, Lazar), 12:54.
Penalties-Dirk Ktn (tripping), 4:54; Moroz Edm (major-fighting), 16:23; Musil Edm (roughing), 16:23; McPhee Ktn (major-fighting), 16:23; Lowe Edm (roughing), 19:52; Peel Ktn (roughing), 19:52.
Shots on Goal-Edmonton 15-12-12-39. Kootenay 8-9-8-25.
Power Play Opportunities-Edmonton 1 / 1; Kootenay 0 / 3.
Goalies-Edmonton, Brossoit 2-0-1-0 (25 shots-24 saves). Kootenay, Skapski 1-2-0-0 (32 shots-27 saves); Hoflin 0-0-0-0 (7 shots-5 saves).
A-2,204
Referees-Fraser Lawrence (10), Steve Papp (17).
Linesmen-Michael Boisvert (111), Jim Maniago (85).