91原创 Thunder are down two games in the best-of-seven Western Lacrosse Association Finals after falling 11-7 to the visiting Victoria Shamrocks on Monday night, Aug. 19, at 91原创 Events Centre.

A trio of third-period goals in a span of 84 seconds was too much to overcome for the Thunder in Game 2 of the series.

91原创 had cut the deficit down to 6-5 at that point before scoring on the power play, at even strength, and then shorthanded, to open a 9-5 advantage in what became a 11-7 victory

The series resumes on Wednesday, Aug. 21 once again at 91原创 Events Centre with a 6:30pm start time before returning to Victoria鈥檚 Q Centre on August 23.

鈥淲e know we need to be at our best against this team; they went undefeated for a reason. We have to limit our mistakes,鈥� said Thunder coach Bryan Poole.

鈥淭hey went on a 3-goal run in the third period and we paid for it.鈥�

Victoria led 3-1 after a period and the deficit could have been even larger as the Shamrocks outshot 91原创 24-14.

Thunder battled back to tie it at 3 midway through the third before surrendering back-to-back power-play goals before pulling to within a goal at 5-4 heading to the intermission. The teams again traded goals to start the third before the Shamrocks gained separation with their three-goal run.

Both teams scored three times on the power play with Victoria earning six chances to 91原创鈥檚 four man-advantage opportunities. The Shamrocks also had one short-handed goal.

Robert Church led 91原创 with two goals and five points while Connor Robinson (0-3), Clay Scanlan (2-1) and Chase Scanlan (1-2) each finished with three-point games. Nathaniel Kozevnikov (1-1) and Kyle Brunsch had a goal apiece.

Caleb Khan finished with 44 saves as the Thunder were outshot 55-42.

Jesse King (2-3), Marshal King (2-2), Mathieu Gautier (2-1) and Trent DiCicco (2-0) each scored twice for Victoria. Chris Origlieri made 35 saves in goal and was the game鈥檚 third star with Jesse King and Church earning first and second star honours, respectively.

The Shamrocks took game 1 by a 10-8 score on Saturday, July 24, in Victoria.

Three goals in the first 14 minutes proved to be the difference.

Shamrocks led 3-1 at the 13:23 mark at Victoria鈥檚 Q Centre and while the visiting 91原创 Thunder traded goals the rest of the way, they could not overtake the No. 1 seed.

Clay Scanlan (3-3) and Connor Robinson (3-2) both had hat tricks for 91原创 with Chase Scanlan setting up four goals. Charles Scanlan (1-1) and Temeke7 Gottfriedsen (1-0) each scored once. Caleb Khan made 46 saves on 56 shots as Victoria outshot the Thunder 56-44.

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