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Everblades take series lead behind Ouellette's shutout

Everblades take series lead behind Ouellette's shutout

Saturday, June 2nd

Martin Ouellette stopped all 24 shots he faced to lead the Florida Everblades to a 5-0 win over the Colorado Eagles in Game 5 of the 2018 Kelly Cup Finals on Saturday at Germain Arena. With the win, the Everblades take a 3 games to 2 lead in the best-of-seven series.

It was the first shutout in the Kelly Cup Finals since Alaska defeated Cincinnati 4-0 in Game 6 of the 2014 Finals.

Florida opened the scoring 11:41 into the first period when Michael Kirkpatrick fed Stephen MacAulay streaking down the slot, and he was able to slide a shot past Colorado goaltender Joe Cannata for his fifth goal of the postseason. The Everblades doubled their lead at 14:56 when Justin Kea poked a loose puck into the net for his fifth of the playoffs.

Michael Kirkpatrick extended the lead to 3-0 with a power-play goal at 7:39 of the second period snapping shot past Cannata from the left-wing circle.

The Everblades added two more goals in the final period with Steven Lorentz scoring at the 12:17 mark, one-timing a shot from the right-wing circle off a pass from Brett Bulmer and Zack Kamrass lighting the lamp at 15:24.

The series heads back to the Budweiser Events Center on Wednesday for Game 6. Face-off is set for 7:05 p.m. MT and all of the action is LIVE on ECHL.TV.

2018 Kelly Cup FinalsGame 1 – Florida 1 at COLORADO 3Game 2 – FLORIDA 4 at Colorado 3 Game 3 – COLORADO 5 at Florida 4 (OT)Game 4 – Colorado 6 at FLORIDA 7 (OT)Game 5 – Colorado 0 at FLORIDA 5Game 6 – Florida at Colorado – Wednesday, June 6 at 7:05 p.m. MTGame 7 – Colorado at Florida – Saturday, June 9 at 7 p.m. ET (If Necessary)