After a wild 7-5 final in game one, the U15 division championship series returned to a tighter checking game on Saturday night, but that doesn’t mean it was any less entertaining.
HC Edmonton opened the scoring, only to see Island HC close the period with 3 goals in a 6-minute 43-second span to take a 3-1 lead into the first-period intermission. HC Edmonton led the regular season in dramatic outings and continued that in the post-season, waiting until 39 seconds remained in period two for JT Preston to cut the lead to one with 20 minutes to play.
Things remained tight in the 3rd period with Island leading by one, until HC Edmonton captain Brock McDougall took over, cutting to the slot area and beating Ethan Lorentz between the arm and shoulder to tie the game with less than six and a half minutes to play and sending the championship game to overtime. In “next goal wins” time, it was the HC Edmonton captain again rising to the challenge with a similar goal, this time to the glove side of Lorentz, and the comeback was complete for HC Edmonton as they swept the championship series in the U15 division.
