By Chris Brown

Ice beat Tigers 5-3 to open playoffs

Mar 31, 2023 | 9:02 PM

WINNIPEG,, MB – The Medicine Hat Tigers gave up an early goal and were unable to claw their way back, dropping Game 1 of their first-round series against the Winnipeg Ice 5-3.

Zack Ostapchuk scored less than two minutes into the game and Matthew Savoie scored his first of three on the night before the period was 10 minutes old.

Andrew Basha cut the deficit to one but an Evan Friesen goal restored the two-goal lead in the second. Savoie scored twice, the last an empty-netter, in the third period to match Basha’s second and Rhett Parsons’ first goal.

Beckett Langkow turned aside 30 shots in the loss.

Ice beat Tigers 5-3 to open playoffs

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