1350 spectators were not disappointed as they saw the Calgary Flamez win a shootout thriller to claim the IV.11 league title! Fighting back from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits, the Flamez were able to force OT and then the shootout where Milos Klemens was able to score on the first attempt, and Jakub Turecek fanned on his opportunity to score.
The Flamez controlled much of the first two periods but found themselves behind after some fantastic goalkeeping by Rihards Purins. Claudio Bertol was able to tie it on the powerplay with just over 10 min left in the third. The Smokies then poured it on for the last 10 min and overtime, but were unable to solve Jan Farkas.
The Flamez will move up to Div III, most likely joined by the Smokies who will play a promotion series in the comnig days.
Good series Chalms, really all season long. It was cool that we somehow ended up playing in the finals, and hopefully we'll both move onto Div III (and maybe even in the same league!)
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