A six-goal second period broke open a tight game as the 91Ô­´´ Thunder drew first blood in their best-of-three playoff series with the Maple Ridge Burrards.

The teams were tied at two goals apiece to start the second period on Tuesday (August 3) night at 91Ô­´´ Events Centre before the Thunder scored five straight to open the middle stanza and seize control of game one of their BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League playoff series.

The Burrards would counter with a pair of quick goals but Blake Larsen made it a four-goal advantage as he struck in the dying seconds of the period for an 8-4 91Ô­´´ lead.

91Ô­´´ maintained a four-goal cushion for much of the third period before the Burrards scored twice in less than a minute to cut the lead down to a pair of goals with five minutes remaining but that would be as close as the visitors would get with the Thunder holding on for the 10-8 victory.

Game 1 goes our way

— Thunder Jr Tier 1 (@ThunderJrTier1)

The Burrards twice had one-goal leads in the first period and had a significant advantage in terms of shots on goal, firing 19 shots at 91Ô­´´ goaltender Noah Kozevnikov while the Thunder scored twice on their nine shots in the period. For the game, Kozevnikov made 38 saves Maple Ridge outshot the Thunder 46-40.

Kanen Hunter led the way for 91Ô­´´ with a hat trick and six points while Braiden Struss and Blake Larsen each had a goal and two helpers and Josh Bramley scored twice. Andrew Joseph, Tristan Kirkham and Bailey Vanichuk had a goal apiece.

Game two of the series goes Wednesday (August 4) in Maple Ridge at 8 p.m. before the teams will meet back at 91Ô­´´ Events Centre on Friday (August 6) at 7:30 p.m. That game can be streamed for free at .

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