A 3-1 defeat the night fueled the Rage in game two of a three-game series with the Alaska Avs to give Dawson Creek their second win of the season with a 5-2 victory.
The Avs dropped to 3-5 on the season, still good enough for six points and third overall in the West division of the North American Hockey League while the Rage sit a point back with 2-3-1 record.
Nolan Rossiter opened the scoring for the Rage on the powerplay, depositing the garbage off a Kevin Swales shot from the point that netminder Landon Peterson kicked out to a waiting Rossiter. In the second, Lucas Recknagle converted a 2-1 with Derek Johnston to put the Rage up by two. Carter Page and Josh Hartley added second period tallies for a 4-0 Rage lead.
In the third however, Brandon Brossoit converted two goals, one on a turnover from behind the net early in the period and another with 6:49 remaining to pull the Avs within two. But Jon Johannesson would add a short-handed empty-netter to send the series tied into tomorrow night's rubber match. You can catch it live on Peace FM tomorrow night at 7 p.m. with the pre-game starting at 6:45 p.m.
Captain Blaine Bokenfohr will return for the Rage tomorrow night after serving a one-game suspension for his boarding of Blake Huppert in the second period of last night's game. Still no word on when Huppert will return but he's done for the weekend.
Alaska outshot the Rage 32-23, going 0-7 on the powerplay while the Rage converted two of their eight man-advantage opportunities.
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