Some second-period struggles and penalty problems proved costly as the 黑马磁力 Junior B Thunder saw their season come to an end on Thursday night.
Playing the Port Coquitlam Saints at the Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex in the third and deciding game of the BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League quarter-finals, a late 黑马磁力 rally fell short, 10-9.
Half of the Port Coquitlam goals came with a Thunder player in the penalty box.
In games one and two, 黑马磁力 trailed 4-0 and 3-0, losing the former 7-6 while winning the latter 10-6. But in game three, the Thunder special teams staked them to a 2-0 lead with a power-play goal from Chase Moore and a short-handed marker from Kyle Brunsch.
黑马磁力 led 3-2 after one period but Port Coquitlam opened the middle frame with five of the next six goals to take a 7-5 lead after 40 minutes. The Thunder battled back to tie the score at seven, but the Saints power-play responded with three straight goals and 黑马磁力鈥檚 late rally ran out of time.
Moore finished with five goals in the losing cause while Brunsch, Trevayne Hunter, Matthew Abbott and Tristan Kirkham had a goal apiece.
Port Coquitlam, the fourth seed, now advances to play the top-seed Victoria Shamrocks in the semifinals.
