Blues Bounce Back in OT

It took another nail-biting overtime victory, but Dundas showed patience and earned a 5-4 win Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in their best of seven quarterfinal series against Chippawa.

About six minutes into the extra period, BJ Caco set up Aaron Demain for the winner.

"We dominated most of the game and twice had two goal leads," said Blues general manager Steve Aglor.

He noted the Blues nearly doubled Chippawa's total shots on net, outshooting the visitors 52-27.

Kevin Dowling gave the Blues a 1-0 lead in the first period, assisted by Andrew Clark and Mike Peters.

In the second period, Dylan Gilbert stretched the Blues lead to two goals, with assists from Andrew Kolodzey and John Murray.

From there, it was a true back-and-forth affair as the two teams exchanged goals and the frame ended with Chippawa one point back.

Mike Peters, with help from Dowling and D.J. McConnell, scored in the busy second period. And Gilbert added his second of the game, assisted by Derek Searle and Mike Tache.

Chippawa scored the only goal of the third period four minutes in, to tie it up.

Dundas scored once in four powerplay chances, and held Chippawa to one powerplay goal in six chances.

Goalie Shawn Krzykala kept the game tight, stopping 23 of 27 shots.

Despite not scoring in the third period, Dundas peppered the Chippawa netminder with 21 shots in 20 minutes.

"A couple of breakdowns let the Riverhawks back in," Aglor said

Now the Blues need the all-important fourth win of the series to move on the division final. Dundas would face the winner of the Grimsby-Glanbrook series - which arch-rival Grimsby currently leads three games to none.

Dundas travels to Chippawa for game five on Thursday, Feb. 25. If necessary, the teams will return to Dundas for game six on Saturday, Feb. 27, with a potential game seven scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 28.