The Vees battled back from a 4-0 deficit and got within one but couldn’t find the equalizer late, falling 4-3 to the Thunderbirds in Game 4. 

Seattle opened the scoring for the first time in the series making it 1-0 after 20 minutes of play. 

Matthew Gard, Brock England and Coster Dunn all scored in the second period for the Thunderbirds before the Vees found the scoreboard. Brittan Alstead wired a puck past Marek Sklenicka on the powerplay to make it 4-1 heading into the final frame. 

On a mishandle behind the net 24 seconds into the third, Jacob Kvasnicka threw a puck out front that was batted home by Ryden Evers for his third of the playoffs to make the score 4-2. 

Fresh out of the penalty box Matteo Danis found Samuel Drancak all alone and he finished five-hole to get the Vees within one, 4-3 with 4:27 remaining. 

Penticton had plenty of late chances to even the game but Sklenicka made some timely saves to keep the series alive for Seattle and give them the 4-3 win. 

The Vees will get another opportunity to close out the series Friday at the SOEC. 

 

GAME STATS

Shots:

Vees- 53

Thunderbirds- 20

 

Scoring:

Vees- Brittan Alstead, Ryden Evers, Samuel Drancak

Thunderbirds- Joe Gramer, Matthew Gard, Brock England, Coster Dunn

 

Power Plays:

Vees- 1/3

Thunderbirds- 0/1

 

Goaltending:

Vees- Ethan McCallum – 16/20

Thunderbirds- Marek Sklenicka – 50/53

 

Up Next: The Vees and Thunderbirds shift back to Penticton on Friday for Game 5. Puck drop is 7:05PM.