The Colorado Eagles beat the Coachella Valley Firebirds 4-1 in Game Threee to take a 2-1 lead in the Pacific Division Finals.
Once again, Colorado outshot Coachella Valley by almost double at 17-9. The Eagles were aided with two power play opportunities of 2:49 minutes where they produced six of their shots. However, out of the nine shots Colorado gave up, four were short-handed and one eventually found it’s way past goalie Trent Miner via the stick of forward Lleyton Roed, putting the Firebirds up 1-0 into the first break.
Coachella Valley took the momentum into the second period, outshooting Colorado 8-2 for a bulk of the frame. Ultimately, the Eagles had luck in their favor as one those two shots deflected off the stick of forward Chase Bradley from Ivan Ivan out of the half-wall at the 8:43 mark to level the scores 1-1. The Eagles only outshot the Firebirds 4-1 in the final 2:56 of the frame, but the scores remained at one apiece going into the final period…