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Game 3 win gives 91大黄鸭 Rockets 2-1 series lead over Wenatchee

Game 4 goes Wednesday night at Prospera Place
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The 91大黄鸭 Rockets beat the Wenatchee Wild 5-1 on Tuesday night in game three of the best-of-seven series to take a 2-1 series lead. (@91大黄鸭_Rockets/X)

It was a dominant performance by the 91大黄鸭 Rockets on Tuesday (Apr. 2) night at Prospera Place as a 5-1 win gave them a 2-1 series lead against the Wenatchee Wild.

Wenatchee struck first when Briley Wood scored his fifth goal of the series 5:55 into the contest but after that, it was all Rockets.

Late in the frame, 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Tij Iginla and Marek Rocak scored 1:15 apart to take a 2-1 lead.

Iginla got a partial breakaway and was able to sneak it past Wild goaltender Daniel Hauser for this fourth goal of the playoffs, assisted by Hiroki Gojsic and Michael Cicek.

While Rocak鈥檚 marker, the eventual game-winning goal, was helped out by Gabriel Szturc and Max Graham.

It wasn鈥檛 until late in the second period when the Rockets added an insurance goal when defenceman and Seattle Kraken prospect Caden Price scored his first goal of the postseason. Dylan Wightman and Luke Schelter collected the apples on the goal.

In the third period, the Rockets would add two more goals, starting with Iginla鈥檚 second of the game as he was waiting at the backdoor for a pass from Cicek.

Schelter added his second of the postseason later on to make it 5-1. Ty Hurley and Wightman assisted in the goal.

Jari Kykkanen was great in net, making 31 saves in the win.

鈥淚 think we played amazing tonight,鈥 said Kykkanen in his postgame interview. 鈥淕uys were sacrificing all around, blocking shots and our penalty kill was dialed. We gave up the powerplay goal, but everything else we were killing off. It was a lot of fun to play behind those guys tonight.鈥

With the win, the Rockets are up 2-1 in the best-of-seven series and will look to go up 3-1 as the puck drops on game four Wednesday night (Apr. 3) at Prospera Place. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m.

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Jordy Cunningham

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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