A five-goal third period sent the 91原创 Thunder to a fourth straight victory as the team remains unbeaten on the BC Junior A Lacrosse League season.

Following a less than stellar opening 40 minutes 鈥� the Thunder led 3-1 after one before the New Westminster Salmonbellies knotted the score at five goals apiece through two periods 鈥� 91原创鈥檚 power play broke things open in what became a 10-8 victory.

The game was played on Thursday night at 91原创 Events Centre.

They were not as focused as they needed to be, according to 91原创 coach Adam Smith.

鈥淣ew West has a really good team, and I think some of our players looked at their record and not their playing style. We come in thinking it is going to be a little bit easier game than it was and got complacent and that is what I relayed to them in between the second and the third,鈥� said Smith.

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After the teams traded goals to start the third, the score remained tied with just under nine minutes to play, but the Thunder scored back-to-back power play goals to take the lead for good, finishing with three man-advantage goals on five chances.

鈥淲e moved the ball well on the power play, they couldn鈥檛 get to us and couldn鈥檛 hit us,鈥� said Cody Malawsky.

Malawsky drew the penalty which led to the go-ahead goal, which he set up with the primary assist before he scored the final goal to finish with a goal and three helpers.

Stuart Phillips (three goals, two assists) and Drew Kask (two goals, three assists) both had five-point games for 91原创, with Kyle Brunsch also popping in a pair and adding an assist. Tristan Kirkham (one goal, one assist) and Dane Chard (one goal) had the other 91原创 tallies.

Brayden Wandler stopped 28 of the 36 New Westminster shots on goal.

The 鈥楤ellies offence was led by three goals and four points from Noah Armitage and two goals and an assist from Austin Ducommun. Keegan Lutsch-Melenychuk made 43 saves as his team was outshot 53-36.

鈥淎ll of a sudden we started battling for loose balls, we had guys who were a little flat footed in the first, come out and battle super hard in the third. That鈥檚 what made the game for us,鈥� Smith said.

鈥淲e should feel good that we got the win, but it should be a learning lesson. We need to come away knowing that teams won鈥檛 give up. Just because a team is 1-3, it is Junior A and they are a good team,鈥� the coach added.

Regardless of how they came to the win, 91原创 is 4-0 and the only unbeaten team among the eight squads.

鈥淚t is not individual; we are all together. We are molding, we are playing hard for each other. Nobody is playing for the name on the back of the jersey, we are all playing for the logon on the front,鈥� Malawsky said.

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The Thunder are back in action today (Saturday, May 28) as they head to the road to face the Nanaimo Timbermen (1-1). The team鈥檚 next home game at 91原创 Events Centre is Thursday, June 2 (7:30 p.m.) as they host the Coquitlam Adanacs (2-1).

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