Story: The Kimberley Dynamiters return home trailing the Revelstoke Grizzlies in the KIJHL Finals 3-1

Heading into Revelstoke the KIJHL Finals series was tied at one game each. Leaving Revelstoke, the Kimberley Dynamiters trail the Revelstoke Grizzlies 3-1 in the best of seven series.

Penalties early in the second stung the Nitros and they were not able to recover. Grizzlies Ethan Schaeffer scored on the power play. Shortly afterward the Grizzlies added two more goals by Ryan Pereverzoff and Ullar Wiatzka.

"We shot ourselves in the foot in the period by not sticking to our defensive zone system." Dynamiters head coach and general manager Derek Stuart said. "Two of their first three goals were scored from spots where we are supposed to have a guy.

"They are an opportunistic team, and made us pay for those mistakes. After that, it was an even game."

Stuart was even more frustrated with the three cross-checking penalties in a row called against his team.

"Two of the three were blatant dives by their players. I was warned before the series started from a coach in their conference that they dive a lot and we need to do a better job adjusting to it because they have the referee's completely fooled."

The second period was scoreless. The Dynamiters were playing without Brock Palmer and Captain Chase Gedny, and it seemed their presence was missed on the power play.

Stuart felt otherwise, "not having Palmer and Gedny in the lineup isn't an excuse." He then pointed out the opposition, "Revelstoke had their best forward and best defenceman out tonight, and their other top players were better than ours. Simple as that."

Then in the third, Nathan Bailer, who played 11 games for Kimberley to start the season before being traded to Revelstoke, scored back-to-back goals.

All of a sudden it was 5-0, and a repeat of Game Three.

The Grizzlies now have a strangle hold on the series, up three games to one, after back-to-back 5-0 victories in Revelstoke.

The series now returns to Kimberley for a decisive Game Five on Thursday at the Kimberley Civic Centre.

Stuart kept his answer simple for what the team needs to do in Game Five, "We need to score a goal."

That being said, the Nitros are looking forward to playing in front of the home crowd.

"We will definitely feed off the great fans that we have and hopefully play Nitros hockey like we have many times before at home."

Puck drop is 7pm.