DUB ROUND-UP: ICE ELIMIINATE WARRIORS
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MOOSE JAW, Sask. – The Winnipeg ICE have advanced to the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference final after crushing the host Moose Jaw Warriors 8-2 on Monday night.
Connor McClennon and Conor Geekie each scored twice as the ICE won the best-of-seven series 4-2.
Zack Ostapchuk, Vladislav Shilo, Graham Sward and Evan Friesen also scored for the ICE, who led 2-0 after the first period and took an 8-1 lead into the third. Shilo, Sward and Matthew Savoie all chipped in with two assists.
Denton Mateychuk and Jagger Firkus scored power-play goals for the Warriors, who won the second and third games of the hard-fought series and lost a Game 4 heartbreaker 3-2 in overtime.
The ICE will play the winner of the Saskatoon Blades-Red Deer Rebels series in the Eastern Conference final.
POKE CHECKS: The Saskatoon Rebels host the Red Deer Rebels on Tuesday night in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Rebels won the first three games of the series, before the Blades mounted their comeback.
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If anyone knows Moose Jaw and that Board. The fingers will be pointed so now it’s every man for himself in the post mortem. The knives will be out. There is one guy though nobody has to worry about him stabbing anyone in the proverbial back. That will be in the forehead so he’ll see it coming. Mark O’Leary is a good guy, but he should probably call a Realtor. At the end of the day they didn’t have a long playoff run and they don’t make a lot of money if at all and they had to e-transfer $25K.… Read more »
I’m thinking God has a new hockey team, haha.
Go Ice Go!!!!