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Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

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Loveland

Abbotsford Canucks hold off Colorado Eagles 4-3 after Taylor Makar's late goal

·Loveland·Larimer County

Riley Patterson tied the game on a first-period power play and put Abbotsford ahead in the second. Gavin Brindley drew Colorado level in the third before Brandon Buhr put the Canucks ahead for good.

The Abbotsford Canucks scored twice after the Colorado Eagles tied the game in the third period, then held off a late Eagles goal for a 4-3 win Wednesday at Rogers Forum in Abbotsford, BC. Brandon Buhr broke the tie, and Austin Brimmer extended the lead before Colorado answered.

Colorado went ahead on Jake Wise's first-period goal, but Riley Patterson tied it on the power play. Patterson scored his second at 2:24 of the second period to give Abbotsford a 2-1 lead at the intermission. The Canucks put 14 shots on goal in that period; Eagles goaltender Trent Miner finished with 24 saves on 28 shots.

Gavin Brindley brought Colorado level at 2-2 in the third. The tie lasted until Buhr scored at 12:38, putting Abbotsford ahead 3-2 for good. Brimmer later extended the lead to 4-2 on a goal assisted by Buhr. That left the Eagles chasing two goals after they had erased a one-goal deficit earlier in the period.

Taylor Makar scored a late goal at 18:44 of the third, cutting the Canucks' lead to 4-3. Colorado had tied the game earlier in the period, but its final goal came after Abbotsford's two-goal stretch, and the Canucks held off the Eagles through the finish. The Colorado Eagles play at Bakersfield Condors on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Final
Team123T
Colorado Eagles1023
Abbotsford Canucks1124

ScoringScore after each, COL-ABB

  1. 1st 4:30Jake Wise, assisted by Taylor Makar and Matt DiMarsico1-0
  2. 1st 5:47Riley Patterson, assisted by Ben Berard and Sawyer Mynio (PP)1-1
  3. 2nd 2:24Riley Patterson, assisted by Jack Thompson and Ty Mueller1-2
  4. 3rd 8:28Gavin Brindley, assisted by Cooper Gay2-2
  5. 3rd 12:38Brandon Buhr, assisted by Jimmy Schuldt and Austin Brimmer2-3
  6. 3rd 15:27Austin Brimmer, assisted by Brandon Buhr and Cole Clayton (GWG)2-4
  7. 3rd 18:44Taylor Makar, assisted by Gavin Brindley and Cooper Gay3-4

Shots on goal

Team1st2nd3rdT
Colorado Eagles65415
Abbotsford Canucks714728

Goaltenders

  • Nikita Tolopilo, 12 saves on 15 shots
  • Trent Miner, 24 saves on 28 shots
Penalties 9
  1. 1st 4:43Sean Behrens, Cross-checking, 2 minutes
  2. 1st 13:55Tristen Nielsen, Cross-checking, 2 minutes
  3. 2nd 3:07Yanick Turcotte, Hooking, 2 minutes
  4. 2nd 10:36Jake Wise, Hooking, 2 minutes
  5. 2nd 13:50Anri Ravinskis, Cross-checking, 2 minutes
  6. 2nd 16:01Nikita Prishchepov, Match, 15 minutes
  7. 2nd 16:01Gustav Stjernberg, Roughing, 2 minutes
  8. 2nd 16:01Anri Ravinskis, Roughing, 2 minutes
  9. 2nd 16:22Chase Wouters, Slashing, 2 minutes

Rogers Forum, Abbotsford, BC. Attendance 2,935.

Every score that day

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