The Mike Jackson Collingwood Blues are just a win away from clinching round two after a 3-0 win in Leamington Thursday night. The Blues lead the best of seven 3-1.
Hagan Bach was full marks for his 29 shot shut out in the key road win. Bach was exceptionally sharp in the second when he face half of his shots, several on breakaways and several during the 3 power plays for the Home team. Collingwood was outshot 14-3 in the second after building a 2-0 lead in the first.
Tate Vader got his first of the play offs when the Blues opened the game with an early powerplay. His one time shot powered through the goalie.
The Blues then improved on their penalty kill by adding a short handed goal. Nathan Omeri drove the slot to take a perfect pass from Ethan Facchina and snapped home a short handed marker to make it 2-0 .
A penalty sheet that didnt really reflect the feel of the game in the second as the officials called three sets of offsetting minorsโฆ two of those included an extra Blues penalty as Leamington had 3 power play chances along with the several break aways . They still didnt beat Hagan Bach who has two road shut outs in the play offs.
In the third it appeared the penalty calls would continue when Leamington had a 7th power play, that was also turned away. Collingwood had one power play late in the game but could only take two minutes off the clock.
Late in the third the Blues made an easy recovery on an errant shot just after Leamington pulled the goalie and turned it into a 3 on 1 rush to an empty net and Brayden Stumpf made it 3-0 just over two and a half minutes remaining
The series head back to Collingwood on Friday night with a 7pm start and a chance to close out the semi final in 5.
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