The Port Moody Black Panthers got their second-round playoff series with a less-than-stellar start on Saturday.
Fresh of a Game 7 2-1 win over the Ridge Meadows Flames the Cats' were de-clawed against the Abbotsford Pilots in a 5-1 drubbing.
Travis Grewal notched Port Moody's lone goal early in the third but it was not enough to stop a Pilots team that got balanced scoring from all of its lines.
The Panthers' hope to even the series Wednesday night when they play Game 2 at the Port Moody Rec Centre.
