The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings are looking to carry their momentum from last night's 5-3 win in Game 3, into tonight's Game 4. With last night's win, the Red Wings now go up 2-1 in the best-of-seven quarterfinal series and have a chance to take a commanding 3-1 series lead with a win tonight. They will then come home for a crucial Game 5 on Saturday at Crescent Point Place.
First things first, they are looking to take care of business and get a tough road win against the North Stars. Blake Betson, captain and forward for the Red Wings, talks about how huge last night's win was and how important tonight's game is.
"There's a lot going into this one, obviously you want to end it in five (games) at home. Definitely more excitement too for myself, Braigh LeGrandeur, and Dallen Oxelgren as we got eliminated by these guys in our first year so we're looking for a little revenge ourselves."
10 different Red Wings recorded a point in last night's 5-3 win, with five different goal scorers, including Betson, Oxelgren, Josh Sale, Luke Dekay, and Lucas Schmid. Luke Dekay was the first goal scorer on a line with his older brother Ethan Dekay and Josh Sale, and he says with every game the chemistry and confidence grows.
"It's great playing with Ethan and (Josh) Sale, I think we have great chemistry, we're fast and we can put the puck in the net, got the win in Game 4 and look to carry it into Game 5." Sale agrees with the excitement level and the chance to come home and win the series on home ice, but first have to take care of business tonight.
"100%, I think just with their crowd, we got to bring that energy on the bench, stick taps and just rally around each other and really got to win this game tonight."
The puck drops on Game 5 tonight at 7:30 p.m. Catch all the action on Great Plains Ford Red Wing Radio Country 106.7 with Dylan Fiessel and John Perette starting at 7:15 p.m. with the pre-game show.