Tyler Wong launches Hurricanes into Eastern Conference Final with OT winner
MEDICINE HAT – Going into a game seven, winner-take-all matchup with the Medicine Hat Tigers, the Lethbridge Hurricanes injury depleted roster had little choice but to rest heavily on the shoulders of team captain Tyler Wong… and boy did he deliver.
In a series that featured wild back-and-forth swings in momentum through the first six contests – both from game-to-game and even shift-to-shift – game seven still managed to live up to the hype, with the Hurricanes coming out on top 5-4 in overtime.
It started as most of the others did throughout the series, with the Tigers owning the puck early and scoring first – as Zach Fischer stripped the puck off Stuart Skinner behind the Lethbridge net and tucked it into the yawning cage midway through the opening period.
Instead of deflating them, the Tigers’ goal actually seemed to wake the Hurricanes up.