Rylan Williams’s goal at 5:06 of the first overtime lead the Battlefords North Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Melville Millionaires in Game 4 of their first round matchup to complete the 4 game sweep.
The two teams exchanged goals in 1st as Joel Mabin opened the scoring for the moneymen just 7:21 in before Brad Blake responded for the Stars 2:08 later to make it a 1-1 game after the first.
After a scoreless 2nd period the North Stars grabbed their first lead of the night at 2-1 as Hunter Burgeson beat Will Dyke over his right pad at the mark, 6:10 into the 3rd period.
But the Mils responded quickly with the equalizer as 1:28 later, Euan Morrison deflected in a Colby Ball point shot past Logan Cunningham for his 1st to tie things up.
Cunningham won his 4th straight start for Battlefords making 26 saves on 28 shots to earn the win, while Mils netminder Will Dyke stopped 42 of 45 in the loss.
Other Quarter-Final matchups:
– Aidyn Hutchinson (2G 1A) and Ryan Duguay (1G 2A) each had three point nights as the Melfort Mustangs used a 3 goal third period to beat the Estevan Bruins 5-2
(Melfort now leads Best of 7 series, 3-1 )
– Nicholas Kovacs scored his 2nd of the night with 36 seconds left in first overtime to lead the Weyburn Red Wings to a 4-3 Game 4 win over the Humboldt Broncos
( Best of 7 series tied, 2-2)
– Justin Lies and Matt Egan scored while Harmon Laser-Hume made 34 stops to help the Flin Flon Bombers to a 2-1 series clinching win over the Kindersley Klippers to sweep their first round matchup
(Flin Flon wins Best of 7 series, 4-0)
