ABBOTSFORD, BC– The Checkers battled in Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals but couldn’t quite claw their way back into it, falling 3-2 as the Canucks took a 3-1 series lead.
The home side got on the board quickly, converting an odd-man rush just 75 seconds in. That would stand as the only goal of the first period, but the Canucks would strike back with each of the next two tallies – one midway through the second and one early in the third – to push out to a 3-0 lead.
The Checkers finally broke through with just over 11 minutes to play, with Kyle Criscuolo finishing off a dish from Jack Devine on the power play. The visitors pushed from that point on, and Devine banged in one of his own with 26 seconds left, but it proved to be too little, too late, and the Checkers dropped Game 4.
