Sunny Acre Farms goaltender Spencer McPherson turned away 32 of 34 Milton shots, including all 16 in the third period as the Thunder took a 2-1 series lead over the Winterhawks. After Milton opened the scoring, Tyler Skilling, on the powerplay, "stepping into one from the ladies tees", and blasted one high glove on the Milton goalie. assist to Steven Ienciu, and Liam Burgoyne. Later in the first Skilling scored his second as he ripped a shot off the faceoff high glove again.
Milton pressed hard and tied the game at 2-2 before the end of the second, as Halton Hills short bench seemed to be running out of gas, they needed he intermission to regroup and refuel.
The third period started with Milton getting the early chances until Thunder foreward Curtis Boven stole the puck and flew down the right boards, beat the Milton Defence wide, drove the net, deek five hole, Thunder 3 Winterhawks 2.
Milton pressed hard against an exhausted Halton Hills squad, but couldn't beat McPherson. With the Milton net empty, after a mad scramble in front of the Thunder goal, Burgoyne picked up a loose puck and calmly skated it out of the zone before setting up Boven, who bagged his second and put the game away. Final score 4-2.
Game 4 is tomorrow night in Milton.
Game Stats:
Shots- Mil 34, HH 20
PP- 1/3, PK 4/4
Paid Attendance: 106