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The Firebirds were blanked on one opportunity.

The Hounds man-advantage converted twice in five chances. “I think our guys are going to the net, I think we do want to create more from the middle of the ice but I thought we generated more than enough chances to put some pucks behind their goaltender,” Dean said. “I think a lot of them are still perimeter shots and we’re not really getting those second chances and second opportunities off our initial shots.”Īnd while O’Rourke focused on creating higher quality chances, Dean focused on the inability to convert on said chances. “I think a lot more of those shots could be a lot more quality shots,” O’Rourke said. O’Rourke noted there were more than enough shots on goal in both games but the quality has to be better. In Game 1, the Firebirds goalie set a franchise record for saves, stopping 55 pucks in the 5-3 victory on Friday night.

Luke Cavallin turned in his second outstanding performance, stopping 53 shots. Pitrie has three goals.Īnd while Ivanov has been solid–at times spectacular through two games–his counterpart is quickly becoming a unwanted headline for the red-and-white in this series. Othmann has three goals and four assists through two games in this series. Othmann scored twice while Coulson Pitrie and Hayes also added single markers. “I thought we gave up way too many chances against and really hung him out there, quite honestly.” “(Ivanov) had a good game and kept us fighting for an opportunity to win a hockey game,” Dean said. Ivanov took his second loss of the series, stopping 30 shots. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Tye Kartye, Cole Mackay and Tyler Savard scored for the Hounds. Tag Bertuzzi upped the lead to 5-3 at 14:28 as his wrist shot inside the face-off circle to the left of Ivanov beat the goalie top side to the glove hand. “It was just a turnover and a goal against,” Dean said when asked about his view of the Othmann goal. Othmann then found the short side on Samuel Ivanov off a quick pass from Gavin Hayes. The winner came at 5:22 of the third as Brennan Othmann collected his second goal of the game after a turnover at the Hounds blue line led to a mini three-on-two going the other way. “It’s just unacceptable, quite honestly, for playoff hockey.”Īs Dean referenced, the deciding goal came off a costly mistake at the Hounds’ defensive blue line. “(We had) way too many turnovers, missed assignments on two face-off goals against, turnover for a goal against, a critical goal against (in the third period),” Dean said. Head coach John Dean was critical of his team’s play away from the puck, citing a number of areas where the team was deficient, and led directly to three goals. Game 4 is set for Thursday night at the GFL Memorial Gardens.

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Game 3 of the series is Tuesday night at the GFL Memorial Gardens. The Firebirds now have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal. The Flint Firebirds scored two third-period goals in a 5-3 win over the Soo Greyhounds at the Dort Financial Center on Sunday afternoon.

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