FIRST PERIOD

The Riels fell behind 3 – 0 to the Canucks until 42 seconds left in the first period when Michael Gorrie 

blasted one past net minder Erik Swar on the power play from Glen Young and Brian Michaels.

The Riels played hard for the first 10 minutes dominating playing deep in Canuck territory, but could not 

put anything past Erik Swar.

The Riels were outshot 14 -13 after the first and down 3 – 1.

SECOND PERIOD

Riels came out skating early winning battles all over the ice. Then at 3:12 of the period, Sean Christensen 

sniped a shot under the bar to cut the lead 3 -2 on the power play. Then Riels Artur Raevskiy stole 

the puck short handed and lifted a shot high glove side on Swar and netted it at 3 -3. Russell Trudeau 

finished off a great play by Travis Ziprick winning the battle in the neutral zone coming down inside 

Canucks zone to the hash and making a beautiful pass to Trudeau coming in late, firing one low past Swar

to take the lead 4 -3. After 2 periods, the Riels outshot the Canucks 14 -10.

THIRD PERIOD

The third period was a nightmare for goaltenders. First Canucks tied the game at 4 -4 on Jordan Millers 

goal at 6:33 on the power play from Scott Gallaher. Then 22 seconds later, Austin Hill scored from Kuzak

and Stire, which made it 5 -4 Canucks.

That deflated the Riels for about 30 seconds when Gorrie sparked the Riels again tying it at 5 – 5 with 

assists coming from line mates, Young and Michaels.

Before you could say Boo, Jack Josephson scored for the Canucks from Papaloannaou and Mikkelson-
Cabot 6 -5 Canucks. It was captain Gorrie again igniting the comeback for the Riels with a blast from Glen 

Young at 13:43 making the score tied again at 6 – 6.

Then at 14:39 on the power play, Shawn Dyck scored for the Canucks on the power play from Jordan 

Miller and Cam Fehr 7 – 6 Canucks. It did not look good for the Riels as the Canuck fans were gleaming 

with triumph thinking that they stopped the Riels winning streak at 8.

With less than 30 seconds left, the Riels went with six attackers deep in Canucks territory. The Riels were

buzzing around Goalie Swar when Gorrie picked the puck up from the corner and fed a perfect pass to 

Russell Trudeau at 19:58 to tie the game at 7 – 7. Wow…The streak is still alive.

The Riels and their fans went bonkers.

After a short break in overtime, Brett Charette flipped a puck past Swar at 1:07 of OT and assists went to 

Brian Dies and Ryan Wilgosh to keep the streak alive at 9 straight wins.

Beating everyone in the league for the first round. The Riels out shot the Canucks 22 -12 in the third and

overtime for a total of 49 – 36.

Michael Gorrie five-point night sparked the Riels for the comeback.

THREE STARS

First star Michael Gorrie, second star Brett Charette and third star Russell Trudeau.

COACHES CORNER

Key points - Line of Gorrie, Young and Michaels

- Raevskiy’s short handed goal

- Line of Trudeau, Charette and Dies