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| 1st Period Scoring | 1st Period Penalties |
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Trail - 1:41 - Joel Barrett (Kang, Shade) Trail - 1:47 - Cam Brodie (Decosse, Arduin) Merritt - 7:54 - Casey Pierro-Zabotel (MacLeod) |
Trail - 2:58 - Kevin Limbert - Roughing (2) Trail - 3:38 - Todd Bowman - Hooking (2) |
| 2nd Period Scoring | 2nd Period Penalties |
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Trail - 2:56 (PP) - Casey Shade (Westover, Limbert) Trail - 4:15 (PP) - David Arduin (Decosse, Greenlay) Trail - 15:49 (PP) - Ryan Bulach (Anglin) |
Merritt - 1:01 - Stephen Cavanagh - Interference (2) Merritt - 2:33 - Nick Stermer - Tripping (2) Trail - 7:03 - Team Penalty - Too Many Men (2) Trail - 13:52 - Stefan Decosse - Roughing AW (2) Trail - 13:52 - David Arduin - Roughing AW (2) Merritt - 13:52 - Cody Butcher - Roughing AW (2) Merritt - 13:52 - Cody Butcher - Roughing AW (2) Merritt - 13:52 - Patrick Rogan - Roughing AW (2) Merritt - 15:28 - Stephen Cavanagh - Slashing (2) Trail - 18:36 - Joel Barrett - Unsports Conduct (2) Merritt - 18:36 - Casey Pierro-Zabotel - Roughing (2) Merritt - 18:36 - Nick Stermer - Roughing (2) Merritt - 20:00 - Nicholas Kang - Interference (2) |
| 3rd Period Scoring | 3rd Period Penalties |
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Trail - 1:42 (PP) - Alex Greenlay (Limbert) Merritt - 6:48 - Stephen Cavanagh (Kang) |
Merritt - 4:48 - Nicolas Sciangula - Checking / Behind (2) Merritt - 4:48 - Nicolas Sciangula - Game Misconduct (2) Trail - 14:19 - Alex Greenlay - Fighting (5) Merritt - 14:19 - Casey Pierro-Zabotel - Fighting (5) Merritt - 15:53 - Blake O'Connor - Elbowing (2) Trail - 16:37 - Team Penalty - Too Many Men (2) Trail - 18:39 - Todd Bowman - Tripping (2) Merritt - 18:39 - Nicholas Kang - Roughing (2) Trail - 20:00 - Matt Turner - Fighting (5) Merritt - 20:00 - Wade MacLeod - Fighting (5) Trail - 20:00 - Matt Turner - Removing Equipment (2) |
| Goaltenders | |
| Smoke Eaters | Cole Anderson - W - 42 saves |
| Centennials | Brad McInnis - L - 45 saves |
The Trail Smoke Eaters regrouped after losing 5 - 1 to the Centennials Friday night and rebounded with a 6 - 2 victory Saturday to take a 3 - 1 series lead in the Interior Division quarterfinals.
Six different Smokies scored for Trail in a game that saw the home team Centennials outshot by a margin of 51 to 44.
Joel Barrett opened the scoring just 1:41 into the game with his team leading 3rd goal of the playoffs and 6 seconds later Cam Brodie tied his regular season tally with a goal shot from outside the blueline that suprised Cents netminder Brad McInnis. The Smokies held off a Merritt 2 man advantage in the period but Casey Pierro-Zabotel would cut the Smokies lead to one with an even strength marker midway through the period.
The Smokies would have 2 chances with a 2 man advantage in the second period and made good on both of them. Casey Shade scored 5 on 3 just 3 minutes into the middle frame and David Arduin scored on the ensuing 5 on 4 powerplay to put Trail up 4 - 1. Ryan Bulach got another with a 2 man advantage late in the period to make it 5 - 1 after 2 periods of play.
The Smokies went up 6 - 1 on another powerplay goal by Alex Greenlay early in the third and Centennials Stephen Cavanagh got one more for Merritt to round out the scoring. Trail was 4 for 8 with the extra man while the Cents went 0 for 4.
The Centennials one / two punch of Casey Pierro-Zabotel and Wade McLeod showed they are both more than just scoring machines as Pierro-Zabotel took on Captain Alex Greenlay late in the third period and McLeod had a go with Matt Turner at the final buzzer.
The Smokies have an opportunity to put this series to rest Monday night at the Cominco Arena in Trail. Game 6 (if neccessary) will be played back in Merritt on Tuesday Mar. 13.
