Trois-Riviéres, QC -The Newfoundland Growlers sit one win away from advancing to the second round thanks to a comfortable 5-2 road win over the Trois-Riviéres Lions on Thursday night at Colisée Vidéotron.
Ryan Chyzowski opened the scoring for Newfoundland six minutes into the first period with an impressive solo effort as he stripped a Lions defenceman before sniping one over the blocker of Phillipe Desrosiers to make it 1-0 Growlers after 20 minutes.
Marc Johnstone doubled the Newfoundland advantage eight minutes into the middle frame as he finished off a scramble in front of the Lions net to put the Growlers ahead 2-0 with 12:13 left in the 2nd.
Noel Hoefenmayer made it three for the Growlers as he blasted one past Desrosiers from the blueline on the power play with 8:14 to go in the second to bring it to 3-0.
Derian Plouffe ripped one home from the hashmarks just 11 seconds later to give the Growlers a four-goal cushion going into the third and final period.
Justin Ducharme got the Lions on the board moments into the 3rd as he finished off a 2-on-1 pass from Peter Abbandonato to cut it to 4-1 Newfoundland with 18:16 to go in the game.
Thanks to some timely stops from Keith Petruzzelli and a late empty net tally from Todd Skirving, a strike from the Growlers held on for a 5-2 victory to take Game 4 and a commanding 3-1 lead in the series.
Newfoundland stay in Trois-Rivieres for a potential clinching Game 5 on Saturday night at 8:30 pm NL time.
With Newfoundland Growlers release
You must be logged in to post a comment.