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Article: Chiefs let this one get away: Spokane squanders two-goal lead in third period, falls in OT.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- December 31, 2005
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Byline: Jeff Bunch, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Dec. 31--The Spokane Chiefs know only they can control their destiny, but on this night the "hockey gods" paid them back in the most painful of ways.
The Chiefs blew a two-goal lead in the final six minutes of regulation, then gave up the game-winner with just 10.3 seconds left in overtime as they fell 5-4 to the Kootenay Ice on Friday night in Western Hockey League play at the Arena.
"Up 4-2 in the third period, we can't be giving up a loss like that; it just leaves all of us speechless," said defenseman Dan Mercer, shaking his head and thumping his hip pads in frustration as he recalled ...