LOVELAND, Colo. – Eagles forward Michael Joly provided another of his amazing performances in the 3 -2 overtime win in game one of the Western Conference Finals on Saturday, May 12, 2018.
The 23 year-old from Gatineau, PQ demonstrated his silky smooth puckhandling in scoring all three of the Eagles goals, the first one on a power play, the second on a penalty kill. and the third in overtime. Joly completed the hat trick 3:25 into the overtime period which ended the game and brought out a rain of hats from the exuberant crowd at the BEC.
Michael Joly #16
Hoping to protect their home-ice advantage, the Eagles came out strong but the Komets were just as determined and managed to score the first goal on the power play when Daniel Maggio deflected a pass by Eagles Goaltender Joe Cannata at the 16:34 mark of the opening period.
Colorado evened things up exactly two minutes later with the first of Joly’s goals. This one, the power play goal, was assisted by defenseman Jake Marto 18:34 of period one.
Another power play goal from Fort Wayne at 3:49 of the middle frame from Gabriel Desjardins put the visitors back on top 2-1.
Joly tied the game up again 10:40 into the third period with an unassisted, short-handed goal and the 2-2 score held for the remaining regulation time.
Michael Houser #41
The Overtime period started out poorly for the Eagles, as Ryan Harrison was given a two-minute penalty for charging the goalie in his crease. Colorado successfully killed the penalty and shortly thereafter Joly, with a nifty assist from J.C. Beaudin, wrapped up the game with a hat trick for the final score of 3-2 and a one game to none lead in the best-of-seven series.
Game two is Sunday, May 13 at the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland Co. Game time is 7:05 P.M.
Photos and article courtesy of terry.sanford@prohockeynews.com
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