Port Coquitlam Trailblazers forward Markus Jack scored his seventh goal of the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs Tuesday at the Ladner Leisure Centre.
The problem was it was the only goal for his team, that allowed the Delta Ice Hawks to score nine and even their best-of-seven series 2-2.
The Ice Hawks, which finished with 16 more points than the Trailblazers. in the regular season standings, scored three times in the first period, five in the second and once in the third.
The offensive onslaught chased Port Coquitlam’s starting goaltender Keiran Caughran three minutes into the second period after a goal by Delta’s Nicholas Goyer ballooned the score to 5-1. Caughran had started all seven of the Trailblazers’ playoff games.
The Ice Hawks’ domination of the scoreboard also extended to the shot clock, as it outshot the visitors 47-13.
Game five of the series will be played Thursday, Feb. 27, at 8:55 p.m. at the Ladner Leisure Centre while the sixth game is scheduled for Sunday, March 2, 7 p.m. at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre.
If a seventh game is necessary, it will be played Tuesday, March 4, at the Ladner Leisure Centre.
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