Five Goal Magic

I know what you're thinking: Five goals? How can you consider that magical? I mean, how many times have the Chiefs scored five goals in a game this season anyway? After all, the Chiefs had some nine goal magic in Everett a few weeks back, plus the eleven goal magic against Edmonton on Saturday. It should be hard to consider a five goal night magical.

But it was. It really was.

Would it help if I said that Prince George led 3-0 after two periods? Kevin Armstrong was impressive in net for Prince George (yes, the same Kevin Armstrong that used to play for the Chiefs). However the Chiefs tried they just couldn't find their way past him. He was on his game. Things had to change. Everyone started pulling out the rally caps (I didn't have a hat so I opted for the rally jersey). It seemed to work because Spokane came out in the third and pressured the defense big time. They were rewarded quickly with a goal by Justin McCrae just a couple of minutes in the third. Drayson Bowman scored soon after to cut the lead to 3-2.

At this point you could see it: Armstrong was rattled. Even underneath his goalie mask you could see it. Even though Prince George was ahead they were in trouble.

The breakthrough came on the power play with just over two minutes left when Bowman scored again to tie the game at 3. And just when you think the game is headed to overtime HERE COMES ONDREJ ROMAN who takes a feed from Brady Calla and puts it past Armstrong with just 38 seconds left to give Spokane a 4-3 lead. Add an empty netter from Levko Koper and you have five goal magic: Spokane 5, Prince George 3. Hopefully we won't make a habit of this, though. As cool as it was to witness it was just Prince George. If that was Calgary, Vancouver, or even Tri-City we don't likely come back from that. So let's not make a habit of that.

Spokane has now won four straight and is close enough to Tri-City to tap them on the shoulder and say "excuse us, but we're going to move past you now'. Spokane hosts Seattle on Wednesday before traveling to Seattle on Friday. Then it's showdown time at Tri-City in a big one on Saturday.

Go Chiefs!