Flames made a valiant attempt to recover from 3 goals down but in the end they fell just short during a 4-3 home defeat to Glasgow Clan.
Just over 2 minutes in Matt Berry had Clan in a lead and before the period hit the halfway point they were up by a pair thanks to Rylan Schwartz. Inside the back half, and just seconds into a powerplay, Matt Alvaro cut the deficit back to a single, but an Alex Forbes reply in the 16th minute ensured Clan would indeed hold a 2 goal spread at the break.
Beyond the game’s halfway mark, and on a powerplay, Cade Nielson extended the difference to 3 and Clan enjoyed that margin to begin the final frame.
With Adam Long replacing Eamon McAdam to start the 3rd, the home team found a bit of an early spark with Ryan Tait pulling one back before Jack Jacome made it a single goal affair with more than 10 minutes still on the clock. With time winding down, Spectrum’s men went with 6 skaters to try and pull even, but another could not be found and the game ended with Clan on the good end of the 4-3 score.
Eamon McAdam made 14 saves on 17 shots over 2 periods while Adam Long was 3 of 3 in the 3rd against Landon Bow who turned aside 17 of 20.
“We showed a lot more desperation and urgency in the 3rd period than we did earlier, but it turned out to be too late,” admitted Paul Dixon.
“It is definitely not the way we wanted to close the regular season schedule, but next weekend is a new season whoever we play in the playoffs. We have to forget the last 54 games and spend the week only thinking on the 2 leg elimination series we have in front of us.”
“We are excited for the playoffs and we look forward to the challenge of trying to advance to the final 4.”
