It was one of the craziest periods of hockey the Steinbach Pistons had all season long and when the dust settled in the third, they came away with a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Blues on Wednesday night to grab a 2-1 series lead.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Goal - Steinbach - Bradley Schoonbaert (4) Asst: Drew Worrad and Jaret Lalli
2nd Period
Goal - Winnipeg - Devon Skoleski (5) Asst: Brendan Bartlett
Goal - Winnipeg - Joel MacGillivray (1) Asst: Micheal Ladyman (PP)
3rd Period
Goal - Winnipeg - Dale Goodbrandson (3) Asst: Dexter Kuczek and Levi Cudmore
Goal - Steinbach - Brady Tatro (2) Asst: Bradley Schoonbaert and Mark Wilson (PP)
Goal - Steinbach - Riese Gaber (3) Asst: Will Koop and Daniel McKitrick (PP)
Goal - Steinbach - Braden Purtill (3) Asst: Bradley Schoonbaert and Brady Tatro (PP)
Goal - Steinbach - Brady Tatro (3) - Unassisted (EN)
Goalies
Steinbach - Matthew Thiessen 27 saves on 30 shots
Winnipeg - Jeremy Link 35 saves on 39 shots
Pistons Specialty Teams
Power play - 3 for 6 - 50%
Penalty kill - 3 for 4 - 75%
Coaches Quotes
Paul Dyck - "We wanted to get our legs going. We felt we haven't played at the pace we expected to. We had 6 or 7 shots in the second period, one of our lowest all season and only 16 through two. We talked about doubling it and making life more difficult for them. We just had to believe. It had to start with one. Then, they come in and score the first goal of the period but I really liked our response. After that goal, we went to work."
Up Next
Game 4 is Thursday in Winnipeg
Game 5 is Saturday in Steinbach