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Loveland

Abbotsford Canucks beat Colorado Eagles 4-3 as Braeden Cootes scores go-ahead power-play goal

·Loveland·Larimer County

Kole Lind scored twice after Jake Wise opened the scoring, and Colorado drew even in the second and third periods. A faceoff violation put the Eagles shorthanded before the deciding goal.

The Abbotsford Canucks scored on their only power play to break a third-period tie and beat the Colorado Eagles 4-3 on Saturday at Blue Federal Credit Union Arena in Loveland. Colorado struck first, but the teams entered the third period tied after answering each other’s goals through the first two.

Jake Wise put the Eagles ahead 1-0 at 1:40 of the first period. Kole Lind answered for Abbotsford, then scored again in the second to turn that deficit into a 2-1 Canucks lead. Lind finished with two goals and an assist. Sean Behrens tied it 2-2 before the second intermission. Nikita Tolopilo made 32 saves on 35 shots for Abbotsford.

The exchange continued in the third. Ty Mueller put Abbotsford ahead 3-2, but Alex Gagne brought Colorado level at 3-3 at 10:39. The Eagles had answered each of the Canucks’ leads since Lind’s second goal without reclaiming the lead themselves. Ilya Nabokov made 27 saves on 31 shots for Colorado.

The last tie ended after Colorado’s Tristen Nielsen took a two-minute penalty for a faceoff violation, batting the puck with his hand. Cootes scored on the ensuing power play at 14:50 of the third period, with Mueller and Lind assisting, to put Abbotsford ahead 4-3. Colorado had three power plays without a goal, and neither team scored again.

Final
Team123T
Abbotsford Canucks1124
Colorado Eagles1113

ScoringScore after each, ABB-COL

  1. 1st 1:40Jake Wise, assisted by Gavin Brindley and Domenick Fensore0-1
  2. 1st 4:08Kole Lind, assisted by Braeden Cootes and Cole Clayton1-1
  3. 2nd 9:01Kole Lind, assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky and Braeden Cootes2-1
  4. 2nd 14:21Sean Behrens, assisted by Nikita Prishchepov and Matt DiMarsico2-2
  5. 3rd 6:05Ty Mueller, assisted by Trey Fix-Wolansky3-2
  6. 3rd 10:39Alex Gagne, assisted by Tristen Nielsen and Vinnie Hinostroza3-3
  7. 3rd 14:50Braeden Cootes, assisted by Ty Mueller and Kole Lind (PP, GWG)4-3

Shots on goal

Team1st2nd3rdT
Abbotsford Canucks1261331
Colorado Eagles818935

Goaltenders

  • Ilya Nabokov, 27 saves on 31 shots
  • Nikita Tolopilo, 32 saves on 35 shots
Penalties 6
  1. 1st 6:36Anri Ravinskis, Goaltender interference, 2 minutes
  2. 2nd 20:00Cole Clayton, Holding, 2 minutes
  3. 3rd 4:56Vilmer Alriksson, Roughing, 2 minutes
  4. 3rd 4:56Yanick Turcotte, Roughing, 2 minutes
  5. 3rd 14:38Tristen Nielsen, Delay of game - Faceoff violation (batting puck with hand), 2 minutes
  6. 3rd 20:00Kole Lind, Tripping, 2 minutes

Blue Federal Credit Union Arena, Loveland, CO. Attendance 5,089.

Every score that day

Play-by-play as the American Hockey League publishes it. Clock times are time elapsed in the period.