Post by QC Mike on Jan 6, 2024 17:03:29 GMT -7
The Mammoth opened the series at the Qualcomm Quad Cities Quonset Hut with the home side riding a two game winning streak. The home side dominated play and earned a couple of power play chances but had nothing to show for it until Claude Giroux beat Ilya Sorokin and the buzzer at 19:56 to send the Q-Men into the break up 1-0. The second frame saw Revelstoke find their skating legs and trade chances with the Quarrymen. Pierre-Luc Dubois and Matt Grzelcyk had put the visitors ahead when Josh Morrisey's snap shot from the point again beat the buzzer and the goalie, this time at 19:44, and the two teams went into the intermission knotted at twos. The third was a continuation of the back and forth when Dubois scored his second of the game to put the visitors ahead. Quad Cities poured on the pressure but were unable to beat Sorokin. Andreas Athanasiou added a power play insurance marker. Even with Joonas Korpisalo on the bench for the last four minutes for an extra attacker the Q-Men weren't able to get one past Sorokin and the golaie and the Mammoth stole one 4-2.
Revelstoke 4 (8 chances on 33 shots) vs Quad Cities 2 (13 chances on 48 shots)
1. I Sorokin (REM) - W, 2 GA on 48 shots (13 chances)
2. P-L Dubois (REM) - 2G, GWG, 2 PM
3. J Morrisey (QCQ) - 1G, 1A, 5 shots
The rematch in Revelstoke saw the Quarrymen come out with fire in their eyes and ice in their veins pressuring the Mammoth and forcing them into mistakes. Pavel Dorofeyev started the onslaught with a goal just over a minute into the game. Just over five minutes into the first Revelstoke took a too many men penalty and Elias Lindholm made them pay and doubled the Q-Men's lead. at 11:36 of the first Dorofeyev scored his second of the period. At the fourteen minute marksomething was said on the Revelstoke bench to earn them their second bench minor of the frame and this time it was Charlie McAvoy who potted for Quad Cities. Ilya Sorokin denied Dorofeyev on his attempt for a first period hattie as the visitors swept to a 4-0 lead, out-shooting the home side 28-7 and out-chancing them 6-0. The Mammoth upped their intensity in the second and were rewarded when Victor Oloffson put the home side on the board just under five minutes into the frame. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins clawed that one back for the Q-Men a few minutes later but goals by Pierre-Lub Dubois and Andreas Athanasiou pulled the home side to within two and created some doubt in the minds of the visitors. 5-3 after two. The third saw Quad Cities pay more attention to their play away from the puck that saw tempers get a little heated, Nugent-Hopkins and Dubois mixing it up just a few minutes into the period. The rest of the third felt kind of like a bad soccer match with a lot of play around the outside and not much activity. This was driven home after the third visit by the trainer to see if Sorokin could continue to play (he could). Revelstoke pulled out all the shots to try and tie it up but were unable to do anything aside from a cheap shot by Dubois on Lindholm with just over a minute to play. Quad Cities avenging their loss at home wtih a 5-3 win on the road.
Quad Cities 5 (11 chances on 58 shots) vs Revelstoke 3 (6 chances on 27 shots)
1. P Dorofeyev (QCQ) - 2G, 7 shots (4 chances)
2. C McAvoy (QCQ) - 1G, 1A, GWG, 4 shots (1 chance)
3. A Athanasiou (REM) - 1G, 1A
