After 1: Raiders 1 – 1 Tigers, shots 16-3 Raiders
Just 22 seconds into the second period, the Raiders took over. On an early faceoff in the offensive zone, Aiden Oiring won it back to his right, Justice Christensen faked a pass over across the blueline before firing a wrist shot up high, and Owen Corkish earned his first goal of the night on a great tip as he crossed in front of the net for his fourth of the playoffs.
At the 8:57 mark, Brock Cripps collected the puck at the right point, and then he sent the puck across the blue line for Maddix McCagherty on the left side. He fired a shot towards the slot where Ben Harvey streaking towards the net tipped in his third of the playoffs.
Then came Owen Corkish’s best work of the night. Daxon Rudolph started the play when he played the puck up the right wall and into the corner for Brayden Dube. Corkish had snuck in behind the defence, recieved the pass from Dube, turned to his forehand, and was stopped on his first chance. He quickly picked up his rebound, made a smooth move to his backhand, and buried it with his second of the game, fifth of the playoffs, all at 13:36.
After 2: Raiders 4 – 1 Tigers, shots 18-12 Raiders, 34-15 Raiders overall
Early in the third period, the Tigers went to work and started to mount a comeback. At the 1:55 mark, Cam Parr threw a shot towards the goal, and Ethan Neutens battled to knock in the goal similar to Harvey’s goal for the Raiders back in the second at the 1:55 mark.
At the 9:19 mark, the Tigers managed to get a shot on goal from Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll, and Josh Van Mulligan crashing the goal beat everyone else to the rebound and brought the Tigers back to within one.
From there, the Tigers looked like they had the momentum until they pulled their goaltender. Shortly after a 6-on-5 faceoff would end up in the corner of the Raiders zone, the Tigers won the puck out of the corner and towards the slot. That puck came right to Owen Corkish in the slot however, and Corkish hit the net from his own zone for hit first career hat trick at 17:29, hitting six goals in the playoffs.
The Tigers managed to get control of the puck and try to go on the rush again, but the Raiders took it back and Brayden Dube tucked in his sixth of the playoffs at 18:31.
FINAL: Raiders 6 – 3 Tigers, shots 13-13, 47-29 Raiders overall
The Raiders will travel back to Medicine Hat on Saturday, then prepare for Game 6 on Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
