Photo: Wayne Moore If Simon Ferguson could figure out a way to bottle the third period of Saturday’s regular season finale, he’d do it in a heartbeat. Down 3-1 and not really playing their brand of hockey through 40 minutes, the Warriors caught fire in the third, scoring three unanswered goals including the game winner with 37.1 seconds left in regulation time to edge the visiting Trail Smoke Eaters 4-3 at Royal LePage Place.
“I didn’t like the first two (periods) at all in any way. I thought we floated through it,” said the Warriors head coach. When we decided to play the way we can play we can play with anyone in the league and we showed that in the third.
” Ferguson has preached playing the right way all season long and, when they do, they win far more than they lose. “For me it was about establishing how we need to play, being consistent with that and being predictable with that. That’s the biggest thing with this group, being consistent and predictable and being able to do that nightly.
That’s how we’ll have success in the playoffs. The Smoke Eaters fashioned a 3-0 lead by the 13 minute mark of the second period, capitalizing on a couple of power plays and getting the benefit of replay reviews on the first two. The Warriors got one back before the period ended when Hudson Miller wristed home his first career goal from the slot.
They had three Grade A chances in the third but Chayse Johnson, making his first career BCHL start, stoned both San LeDrew and.
