Coachella Valley opened to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals with a 5-3 win over Milwaukee in front of 10,087 fans at a sold-out Accresor Arena Saturday night.
The teams head to Milwaukee for Game 3 of a best-of-seven series on Monday night.
The Firebirds are two games to none for the first time in this postseason; They are 4-0 in Game 1 but were 0-3 in Game 2 the day before Saturday.
Coachella Valley jumped out ahead just 1:01 into the game when Alexander is correct They took advantage of an error in play by the Admiral’s goalkeeper Yaroslav Askarov And set his fifth goal in the playoffs.
Zack SanfordA power play goal made it 1-1 going into the first break, however Jesper Freudin And Will Bateman He scored a second early to give the Firebirds the lead for good.
Max McCormick And Karsen Twarinski The home team closed the scoring with empty net goals late on, and Joey Dacord He finished with 24 saves for his third straight win.
Anthony Angelo And Igor Afanasyev He also scored for the Admirals. Askrov stopped 32 out of 35 shots in the night.
(leading the Coachella Valley Series, 2-0)
Game 1 – Thursday, May 25 – Coachella Valley 6, Milwaukee 4 | Conclusion/highlights
Game 2 – Saturday, May 27 – Coachella Valley 5, Milwaukee 3
Game 3 – Monday, May 29 – Coachella Valley in Milwaukee, 7:00 p.m
Game Four – Thursday, June 1 – Coachella Valley in Milwaukee, 8:00 p.m
* Game 5 – Saturday, June 3 – Coachella Valley in Milwaukee, 7:00 p.m
* Game Six – Monday, June 5 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00 a.m
* Game Seven – Wednesday, June 7 – Milwaukee at Coachella Valley, 10:00 a.m
* If needed…all times eastern