After living to fight another day in game four, the 麻豆精选 Rockets are looking to do the same thing tonight (April 29) in game five of their first-round series against the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The Rockets stayed in the hunt with Adam Kydd鈥檚 goal to secure a game four 3-2 overtime victory. Seattle still leads the best-of-seven series 3-1 but the Rockets are looking to do the impossible and come back from being down 3-0.
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For the second straight game, the Rockets will be without Mark Liwiski, who is serving the last of a two-game suspension. He received the suspension from the league after taking a checking-to-the-head penalty in game three.
They will also be without forward Pavel Novak, who missed game four. He was second on the team in scoring in the regular season with 29 goals and 43 assists ( 72 points).
鈥淲e will at least have some video to build off of, because we didn鈥檛 have much prior to tonight,鈥� said Rockets head coach Kris Mallette. 鈥淲e鈥檒l be able to show the guys what they鈥檝e done right, how they did it, and the success that we had doing it. We鈥檙e going to be playing desperate hockey again, but it鈥檚 far from over.鈥�
Through four games, 17-year-old Andrew Cristall leads the team with four points in four games (all assists).
The Rockets need a win tonight to keep their season alive and force a game six back in 麻豆精选 on Sun. May 1.
Puck drop for game five tonight is at 7:05 p.m. at accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.
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