Feisty Moose Force Game 5 in the Harbour Sunday

Moose Season Still Open XXX Goalie Nick Ganong bellyflops to keep game close late in Game 4

People talking to people and straightening shit out

Josh Cloney (12) faces with Scott Matheson (16) in 1st Period action

St. Andrews, NB - The Milltown Moose have climbed back out of the depths of elimination to notch the best of five FIHL Finals at 2 apiece. They did so by virtue of a 5-3 win in St. Andrews Thursday night after jumping to a 3-0 lead in the opening frame.

The Moose held a 3-1 lead after the 1st and 5-1 after 2 stanzas before the XXX made it interesting with 2 in the final period. JJ Hyslop was steady in net for the Moose but would probably like to have the 3rd XXX marker back as it knuckled by him late in the third. Meanwhile, Nick Ganong slammed the door in the third and played his best hockey for XXX since Game 2 and sets up a showdown Sunday night at the Fundy Arena at 7:40 pm. - winner take all.

The game was fast-paced all the way with a fair amount of contact and certainly the will to win was written all over everybody's face. Nobody wanted to give an inch but certainly when the Moose scored 3 goals early, it was just too big of a hole to climb out of against a Bordertown team that had winning on its mind.

One would be foolish to try to predict a winner as the series has featured the best of both teams. XXX was the superior team in the first two games as the out-hustled and out-chanced the Moose but still only managed two 3-2 victories. Then in games 3 and 4 the Moose have outscored XXX 12-4 and lots of people would tend to think they have momentum going into Game 5.

I have seen Nick Ganong practically steal games by himself and the Hockey Voice definitely has not written off Nick or his teammates. On the other hand, if you get JJ Hyslop a lead, he is extremely tough to mount any type of comeback on as he gains confidence and does not give up many.

I expect Game 5 to be a close one and of course, too close to call.