Nothing Decided between Blues and Terriers

The Blues finally played someone other than the Saints and Steelers. 

In their 5th exhibition game of the pre season, the Blues met up with the Portage Terriers at the MTS Ice Plex.

And the coaches of both teams sure had a good look at their special teams last night.  The penalty box door could have stayed open throughout the night it seemed, as both teams took their share of penalties.

Portage opened the scoring just over 5 minutes in on a 2 man advantage.

The Blues, not to be outdone, scored on their own 5 on 3 power play to even things up at one.

1:15 later the Blues would take the lead, also on the power play and before the period was done, they'd add a third, and went to the dressing room up by 2.

The Terriers would cut the lead to one only 1:28 seconds into the second on a nice deflection by Riley Hay, but the Blues would regain their 2 goal lead less than a minute later.

The Terriers would add one before the period was over, and the Blues would begin the third with a 4-3 lead.

The Terriers, who'd scored first in each of the first 2 periods continued that trend in the third, tying the game 3:50 in.

But it only took the Blues 23 seconds to regain their lead on a delayed penalty call to once again hop in the driver seat.

The see-saw battle would continue as Paul Zysco fired a slapshot from the half wall and tied the game for the Terriers.

Overtime would solve nothing, and the game would end 5-5.

The Blues record now sits at 2 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties after 5 pre season games.

Next action for the Blues is this coming Friday night when they'll welcome the Steinbach Pistons to the Ice Plex.  Puck Drop is set for 7:30.