It is down to a best-of-three as the 91原创 91原创 and Surrey Eagles have alternated victories in the first four games of the best-of-seven BCHL Mainland Division semifinal series.
The 91原创 won , respectively. But both times, Surrey responded with a on Saturday to even the series at two games apiece.
The series switched back to the 91原创 Events Centre for game five on Monday (March 10) and the two teams will be back on the ice at the South Surrey Arena on Tuesday (March 11) with one of the teams having the chance to clinch the series and advance to the Mainland Division finals.
鈥淚t is going to take us playing to our potential,鈥� said 91原创 head coach Bobby Henderson about what is was going to take to close out the series.
鈥淎s a group, we haven鈥檛 been good enough. With the exception of one game, we haven鈥檛 played to our potential.鈥�
Game one saw the 91原创 score a pair of quick goals 11 seconds apart in the second period to take the lead for good.
They were leading early in the third period of game two, but gave up a pair of goals for the loss.
In game three, their offence came to life as they were up 6-1 before Surrey scored a couple of late goals.
Henderson was encouraged that the team鈥檚 offence showed some glimpses in that game.
鈥淲e were getting pucks through, lots of traffic, sharing the puck with their line-mates,鈥� he explained.
But in game four, the team was done in by a poor start.
鈥淚 thought we just weren鈥檛 ready to play the first 20. You give up a 2-0 lead 10 minutes into the game, it is tough to battle,鈥� he said.
鈥淕ive them credit, they didn鈥檛 quit. (But) the preparation wasn鈥檛 there.鈥�
Matt Ustaski has paced the 91原创 attack and leading all BCHL scorers with nine points. He has six goals and has scored in all four games.
