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Christian Wolanin scored 5:51 into additional time to offer Abbotsford a 3-2 victory over Texas in Recreation 1 of the Western Convention Finals on Thursday night.
The perfect-of-seven sequence continues with Recreation 2 on Saturday.
Wolanin took a carom off the half boards and fired a shot that snuck by means of Stars goaltender Remi Poirier to offer the Canucks the victory and the early sequence lead.
Guillaume Brisebois and Ty Mueller scored in regulation for Abbotsford, turning a 1-0 deficit right into a 2-1 lead, and Artūrs Šilovs stopped 36 of 38 pictures together with all 13 he confronted throughout the third interval and additional time.
Kole Lind and Antonio Stranges scored for Texas, whereas Trey Taylor registered two assists. Cameron Hughes additionally picked up an help to increase his scoring streak to 9 video games.
Poirier wound up with 43 saves on the night for the Stars.
(Abbotsford leads sequence, 1-0)
Recreation 1 – Thu., Might 29 – ABBOTSFORD 3, Texas 2 (OT)
Recreation 2 – Sat., Might 31 – Texas at Abbotsford, 10:00
Recreation 3 – Mon., June 2 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00
Recreation 4 – Wed., June 4 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00
*Recreation 5 – Fri., June 6 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00
*Recreation 6 – Solar., June 8 – Texas at Abbotsford, 9:00
*Recreation 7 – Mon., June 9 – Texas at Abbotsford, 10:00
*if needed… All occasions Jap
