Christian Wolanin scored 5:51 into extra time to present Abbotsford a 3-2 victory over Texas in Recreation 1 of the Western Convention Finals on Thursday night.
The perfect-of-seven collection 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 present the Canucks the victory and the early collection 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 photographs together with all 13 he confronted in the course of the third interval and extra 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.
Darren Francis Images
(Abbotsford leads collection, 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 vital… All occasions Japanese
<span
data-mce-type=”bookmark” type=”show: inline-block; width: 0px;
overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;”
class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span>
