Nitro's dominate Game #4 and take a 3-1 series lead

For the second time this season, the Dynamiters have beaten the Thundercats at home with a three goal lead.

I have learned throughout the season and playoffs, that it doesn't matter who scores first, the Dynamiters have won several games despite not scoring first. Heck, they have won several games when they were even down going into the third. But when Creston scored first, I STILL had anxiety!

As expected the Cats started Lefebvre, because he was undefeated in the playoffs coming into this game. He lasted until six minutes into the second period, letting in three goals on 11 shots. Nielsen, Buckley and Perpelitz were able to get the puck past Lefebvre. Not to mention that Perpelitz's goal was a soft one, a flutter shot that got in short side.

Michalovsky came in as relief for Lefebvre. He too let in three goals. Sibbald, Nielsen and Becker scored on him.

At the other end Brouwer continued to be peppered by the Thundercats offence, facing 38 shots. He impressively played positional goaltending, taking away views to the net. He also made some amazing desperation saves, because to be honest, the Thundercats are a skilled offensive team and made some sweet passes to spread the Nitro's thin, but Brouwer was there!

I get that Buckley has a label on his back, but I don't understand how he can just lightly bump the goalie and get an interference call, while Brouwer can get bowled over and landed on, and not one goalie interference call was made. What was even more puzzling was Buckley was given a 10-minute misconduct for, well, nothing that I could see. Except that this ref seemed to have mercy towards the Cats, he was making calls after their bench made a big deal about something.

Just a note on special teams. Creston has gone 0 for 13 on the PP the past two games, while Kimberley has gone 2 for 8. During the series Creston has scored 3 times on 26 attempts (11.5%), and Kimberley has scored 5 times on 18 attempts (27.7%).

The Nitro's Player of the Game was Brouwer. He made 35 saves that kept his team in the lead, and stood on his head for the last 6 minutes when the Cats pulled their goalie while on the PP. But a shout out to Nielsen who had 2G, Perpelitz 1G 2A, and Buckley (despite being in the box for 12 minutes) 1G 1A.