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St. Croixs third goal of the game at 7:24 of overtime saved the Edmonton Oil
Kings season on Friday, as they downed the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 in Game 5 of
the Western Hockey League final. Dylan Wruck assisted on all three goals and
Laurent Brossoit made 49 saves for the Oil Kings, who now trail the series 3-2
heading into Sundays Game 6 in Edmonton. "Martin Gernat made a good play to get
out of our zone and get us a 3-on-2," Wruck said of the winning goal. "I think
(St. Croix) was looking to get a pass to T.J. Foster on the back side." But the
puck deflected off a Portland skate back to St. Croix, who wristed a shot past
Winterhawks goalie Mac Carruth to silence a Portland crowd that hasnt seen its
team win a WHL title on home ice since 1982. "Theres not too much you can say
about that game," said Edmonton coach Derek Laxdal. "That was an outstanding
game by both teams. We were just trying to live another day, and our guys played
a gutsy game." Joey Baker scored 15 seconds into the game to give Portland an
early 1-0 lead, and it looked as if the Winterhawks would win the WHL title
after coming up short in the past two finals. "At one point we were outshooting
them 9-0, so I thought we had a great start in a great atmosphere," said
Portland coach Travis Green. "We played a good hockey game, we just didnt get
the result we wanted." Brendan Lepsic also scored for Portland, which had won
the previous three games in the series. Baker scored unassisted on the first
rush of the game, splitting a pair of defenders and sliding the puck past
Brossoit to make it 1-0 just 15 seconds into the first period. Edmonton answered
at 10:14 of the first when a centring feed by St. Croix went off the skate of
Portlands Nicolas Petan and into the net. In the third period, Carruth strayed
far from his crease to the left boards play a dump-in by the Oil Kings, and
ended up playing the puck behind his own goal right to Wruck, who found St.
Croix in front with an open net for the go-ahead goal with 12:59 left in
regulation. "We were due for a couple like that," St. Croix said of the bizarre
scenarios that led to his first two goals. "At that time of the game, I didnt
really expect (Carruth to make that play)," St. Croix continued. "But if he
wants to go out and play the puck like that, its fine with us." The Winterhawks
rallied to force overtime when Leipsics backhand from a bad angle beat Brossoit
high with 5:55 left in regulation. Despite the late tally to force overtime, the
Winterhawks ultimately couldnt get over the hump. "Good teams win on the road,
and were going to have to get it done in Edmonton," said Lepsic, whose
Winterhawks are 8-1 on the road in the post-season, including wins in Games 3
and 4 at Edmontons Rexall Place. Brossoit made 49 saves on 51 Portland shots,
while Carruth stopped 27 shots in defeat. Portland went 0 for 2 on the power
play, while Edmonton never had the man advantage. Game 6 takes place in Edmonton
on Sunday. If needed, Game 7 will be back in Portland on Monday. "Our guys
really hung in there tonight," said Laxdal. "We just wanted to get it back to
Edmonton, and still have a lot of work to do."
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Senators forward Mike Hoffman was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL
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