91原创 Thunder lost 11-10 in double overtime on Sunday night at New Westminster鈥檚 Queen鈥檚 Park Arena and now trail the Western Lacrosse Association Finals 2-1.
It was a tale of two games and when the final buzzer had sounded, it was the New Westminster Salmonbellies scoring an 11-10 double-overtime victory over the 91原创 Thunder.
The Thunder scored eight times in the first 36:50 in building an 8-4 lead. But 91原创 managed just two goals over the remaining 35:07 while New Westminster scored seven times in that span to rally for the overtime win.
The Salmonbellies now lead the Western Lacrosse Association Finals best-of-seven series two games to one following their home floor victory at Queen鈥檚 Park Arena on Sunday night.
91原创 led 5-3 after a period and 8-6 through 40 minutes, but New Westminster would take a 9-8 lead into the dying seconds of the game before Dane Dobbie forced overtime with less than two seconds to play.
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Connor Robinson鈥檚 power-play goal put the Thunder in front early in the 10-minute overtime period before Kevin Crowley responded for the home team at the 6:13 mark. And after neither team could score again the rest of the period, that set the stage for sudden-death overtime with Keegan Bal striking for the winner at the 1:57 mark and a 2-1 series lead.
Curtis Dickson earned the game鈥檚 second star following a one-goal, six-assist effort and his seven points were matched by Dobbie (4-3). Robinson also had a big game with a goal and five points, while Chase Scanlan had a goal and three helpers. Clay Scanlan, Robert Church and Dylan Kinnear had the other 91原创 goals. Frank Scigliano made 49 saves as the Thunder were outshot 60-52.
New Westminster goaltender Zach Higgins was the third star following his 42-save performance while teammate Haiden Dickson was the first star with four goals. Bal (4-2) also had a four-goal game with Kevin Crowley (1-3), Will Malcom (1-2) and Noah Armitage (1-2) also finding the back of the net. Mitch Jones had a five-assist effort.
The teams now get set for Game 4 on Tuesday (August 22) at 91原创 Events Centre with Game 5 set for Queen鈥檚 Park Arena on Thursday (August 24). Both begin at 7:30pm. The Thunder need a victory in one of the two games to force a Game 6, which would be at LEC on Saturday (August 26).
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