The 麻豆传媒映画Giants were swept from the playoffs by a team that set them an example.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e a team we鈥檇 like to be like,鈥� said head coach Don Hay after the Portland Winterhawks eliminated the Giants from the playoffs in four games with a 6-1 win March 26 at Pacific Coliseum. 麻豆传媒映画was outscored聽19-7 in the series.
Portland scored three goals in 54 seconds at the end of the first period of Game 4, forcing Hay to pull Payton Lee and bring in Jared Rathjen. 麻豆传媒映画scored to hold off the shut-out, but Portland dominated the neutral zone and forced turnovers as they scored three more goals.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 a sign of a good team,鈥� said Hay. 鈥淭hey came out and they capitalized on a power play, got the fourth goal and then we really didn鈥檛 generate much after that and they didn鈥檛 let us generate much.鈥�
The Giants finished seventh in the Western Conference of the WHL and聽surpassed expectations at the end of a rebuilding year. They finished last in the WHL the previous season.
鈥淲e made a lot of great strides to show the improvement that we did and to get into the playoffs was important for us,鈥� said Hay.
鈥淛ust the four games playing in the playoffs is going to help our younger players.鈥�
麻豆传媒映画relied on veterans like Cain Franson, who played his last WHL game Wednesday, and Hay has added young talent like Ty Ronning and Alec Baer, both 16. He also singled out Lee, 17, who was reliable through three playoff games, and Delta defeceman Arvin Atwal, 18, for playing a competitive series.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a positive sign in what we did this year and we can鈥檛 lose sight of that,鈥� said Hay.
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