“I just said let’s get out of here, and shared some feelings about how I felt about the game ending. Murray, who was circumspect in his post-game words, said a message was delivered to the dressing room. 19:56 - Lovsin added his first WHL goal into the empty net with 3.2 seconds left.19:51 - Seattle immediately took the puck back into the Brandon zone, and Hauf made a pass from behind the net out front to Cootes, who roofed it for a 5-4 Seattle lead.19:29 - Hauf blasted home his second power-play goal to tie the game 4-4.

19:17 - Brandon’s Danielson was flagged for slashing.19:11 - Brandon had possession of the puck in the Thunderbirds zone with the net empty but failed to convert.18:56 - A power-play shot by Cootes pinballed to Hauf and he buried it to make it 4-3.18:20 - A scrum ensued after Bjarnason made a save, and Brandon’s two top defenders, Quinn Mantei and Kayden Sadhra-Kang, were among three players handed 10-minute misconducts, with the other going to the Seattle star Sawchyn.17:34 - Brandon’s Roermsa took a slashing penalty and Seattle pulled the goalie for the six-on-four man advantage.17:24 into the third period - Shipley seemed to put the game away for Brandon with a harmless looking shot from the point that found its way through traffic to make it 4-2.The final three minutes of the game were complete madness in a third period in which the visitors had largely outplayed the hosts and established a wide lead on the shot clock. The Wheat Kings patiently moved the puck around looking for a clear shooting lane, and Nate Danielson found Petr for a one-timer that sent the water bottle flying. Hyland tied the game less than two minutes after Rylen Roersma skated the puck deep into the Seattle zone and found the overage forward in the slot for a one-timer.īrandon regained the lead 14:17 into the period just as a four-on-three man advantage was ending. The Thunderbirds took the lead 5:28 into the second period when Myatovic went in on a two-on-one, and using Antonioas Martorana as a decoy, fired the puck into the top of the net. Seattle tied the game 18:58 into the first period when Graycyn Sawchyn drove hard to the net, and while Brandon goalie Carson Bjarnason made the initial save, Hanzel popped in the rebound. The play went to a video review - the referees weren’t sure if McQueen’s stick was too high when he made contact with the puck - but it was judged to be a good goal. “We were up 4-2 inside of two minutes and in the complete driver’s seat and have a partial breakaway with an empty net and take a couple of stick penalties and then we have three guys get kicked out with 10s.”īrandon received an early power play and McQueen deflected the puck past Seattle goalie Scott Ratzlaff two minutes 37 seconds into the game. “It’s embarrassing not to be able to close that game out,” Murray said. Wheat Kings general manager and head coach Marty Murray said it was an unimaginable ending. Luca Hauf scored power-play goals 33 seconds apart to tie the game, Braeden Cootes had the winner with nine seconds remaining and Simon Lovsin added an empty netter for the unlikely Seattle victory.īrandon (5-5-1-0) received its goals from Roger McQueen, Brett Hyland, Dominik Petr and Luke Shipley, with Jeremy Hanzel and Nico Myatovic also scoring for Seattle (4-1-0-0) in front of a crowd of 3,276. The Brandon Wheat Kings fell apart in the final 64 seconds at accesso ShoWare Center on Tuesday, turning a 4-2 lead lead into a 6-4 loss to the Seattle Thunderbirds in Western Hockey League action.

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