Mitch Calvert
That’s a little more like it.
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres put the final nail in the coffin last night with a convincing 7-1 victory in Sioux Lookout to sweep their best-of-five quarter-final series against the Flyers.
The black-and-red jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, then added a goal in the second period and two more in the third to send the 451 paying customers home disappointed.
Chris Sinclair, Logan McDonell, Brendan Baumgartner, and Dan Usiski netted first-period goals while Kyle Turgeon scored in the second.
Sinclair notched his second of the game in the third before Kalib Thunderchief rounded out the scoring.
Mitch Cain added three assists to give him a league-best six points in the playoffs so far.
The Sabres’ power play showed signs of life last night with two goals after going 0-for-9 in their slim 2-1 victory in Game 2 here Saturday night.
Kalan Ewald scored the Flyers’ lone goal on a power play 13:30 into the second period.
Ryan Faragher earned the victory with 20 saves while former Sabre David Novak was pulled after giving up the seventh goal on the visitors’ 38th shot.
The Sabres now turn their attention to a best-of-seven semi-final showdown against the second-place Thunder Bay Bearcats, which tentatively is set to start this Saturday (March 21) at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Fort William First Nations Arena.
Game 2 would go the following night (March 22) before the series shifts to Fort Frances for two games (dates and times TBA).
Meanwhile, the Schreiber Diesels will look to wrap up their quarter-final series against the Ice Dogs tomorrow night in Dryden.
