91原创 91原创 are on the brink of being eliminated from the BCHL Coastal Conference finals, following an overtime loss to the Nanaimo Clippers Tuesday night, May 3, before close to 700 fans at George Preston arena in 91原创.
Nanaimo鈥檚 Sean Donaldson scored the overtime winner, his second of the game, at the midway mark of the extra frame as the Clippers took Game 3 from the 91原创 5-4.
Nanaimo鈥檚 Charles Tardiff scored the first goal of the game at 13:02 of the opening period, but 91原创 forward Vitaly Levyy鈥檚 third of the postseason tied the game for 91原创 and, most importantly, was their first goal of the series and the first that Clippers goalie Cooper Black had allowed since the first period of Game 3 of the second round.
With the score tied 1-1 at intermission, 91原创 pounced in the second period, scoring twice on goals by Ryan Upson and Tyler Schleppe to take a 3-1 lead. The Clippers looked to be heading to the break down by two, but scored twice in the final minute, just 23 seconds apart, when Kai Daniells and Brody Waters each scored on the power play to make it 3-3 after two.
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Donaldson gave Nanaimo the lead with eight minutes to go in the final frame, but Riley Wallack scored shortly after to tie the game at four and force overtime.
The Clippers outshot the 91原创 7-6 in OT and finally won it when Donaldson one-timed a cross-crease pass from Tristan Fraser past 91原创 goalie Ajeet Gundarah.
Gyndarah stopped 37 of 42 shots, while Black stopped 43 of 47.
Nanaimo defenceman Jack O鈥橞rien, who had three assists, was named first star of the game.
91原创 players Wallack and Levyy were second and third stars.
With the win, the Clippers remain undefeated in the playoffs and improve their record to 11-0 overall. They will have a chance to clinch the series and advance to the Fred Page Cup finals on Wednesday night, May 4.
Puck drop at George Preston is 7:15 p.m.
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