Photos: Kerri-Ann Kanceruk – Kanceruk Photography
Gary Moskalyk Recaps the final two games of the second round.
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| Karson Kerbes scored at 4:47 of double overtime as visiting Dryden took a 4-3 decision and a 3-0 series lead over Red Lake at Cochenour Arena. Kellan Mooney made 52 saves to secure the victory. Nick Peters made 45 saves in the Miners’ cage. The Miners outshot the Ice Dogs 18-6 and emerged with a 2-0 lead through one period. Kayne Pawlick secured his own rebound to score his first of the playoffs at 42 seconds to open the scoring early. Justin Gelderland’s first of the season at 15:22, a point shot that eluded Mooney, doubled the lead. Max Roby narrowed the lead to one, beating Peters from the high slot at 5:12 of the second for his fourth. Dryden tied the game and took the lead in the third. Elias Eisenbarth got his first, wristing a low shot off a Red Lake defender and in at 32 seconds. Rylan Oatman deposited a cross-ice pass from Evan Mayer at 14:38 to give Dryden their first lead of the game. Nathan Dann sniped his ninth over the pad of Mooney from the point to tie the game at 3-3 78 seconds later. Neither team scored in the first overtime. Dryden had a 14-10 edge in shots in OT1. Kerbes’ low shot from the point beat Peters at 4:47 of the second overtime for the game winner. Eli Antoine had two assists for Dryden and Matthew MacPherson and Corbyn Demchuk had two helpers each for Red Lake. There were no penalties called in the last 47 minutes of the game. Dryden took six minors to Red Lake’s four. The Ice Dogs were 0-2 on the power play while the Miners were 0-4. |
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| Dryden swept the semi-final series with a 3-0 win over Red Lake. Three unanswered third period goals powered the win. Kellan Mooney stopped 27 shots to earn his first playoff shutout. The game was scoreless through two with Dryden holding a one-shot edge–20-19–through 40 minutes. Red Lake’s Nick Peters made a series of saves late in the second period on a Dryden power play to keep the game tied at 0-0. Evan Mayer opened the scoring at 4:38 of the third, wristing one past Peters for his first playoff goal. Eli Antoine doubled the lead to two with a five-hole effort at 13:44. It was Antoine’s third with Emmanuel Nkombou collecting his third assist. Elias Eisenbarth added an empty netter with 45 seconds to seal the win. Antoine fed him a cross-ice pass and Eisenbarth buried his second of the post season from a tough angle. Peters stopped 27 of 29 in the loss. Dryden took five minor penalties to Red Lake’s three with each team receiving 10-minute misconducts for head contact. Dryden was 0-3 with the man advantage while Red Lake was 0-4 on the power play. Final shots favoured Dryden 30 to 27. Dryden will host Kam River in the Bill Salonen Cup finals starting Saturday and Sunday April 19-20 at 7:00 p.m. CDT.
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