The series is now a best-of-three.
Seattle Thunderbirds forward Nico Myatovic scored his third of the postseason in overtime to tie up the best-of-seven series 2-2 with the Kamloops Blazers in game four Wednesday night.
In the opening frame, Seattle had a few early chances that were turned aside by Blazers goalie Dylan Garand. Then, late in the frame, after a Sam Popowich tripping penalty, Daylan Kuefler pounced off of a rebound, to bury his seventh of the postseason, and go into the break with the Blazers leading 1-0.
Photo Credit: Brian LiesseBlazers defenceman Quinn Schmiemann wards off Thunderbirds forward Jared Davidson in action Wednesday night.
However, just 43 seconds into the second, Mats Lindgren took a costly interference penalty that gave Seattle the extra man. They made no mistake with Jordan Gustafson popping the water bottle in the top left corner of the net to tie the game up at one.
The goaltenders held steady for the rest of regulation, as Garand and Thomas Milic of the T-Birds each faced over 35 shots.
The game headed to an overtime, and in the extra frame, Prince George native Nico Myatovic scored off of a feed from Lucas Ciona and Gustafson to give the home Thunderbirds the victory.
Milic was solid in net for the T-Birds, stopping all but one of the 36 he faced. Garand made 37 saves on the night for the losing Blazers.
Game five is set for Friday night back at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, with puck drop at 7:00 pm.
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In the other Conference Finals, the Edmonton Oil Kings came out on top in game four with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg ICE to go up 3-1 in their series.
