Firebirds claw back, tie series

FOUR GOAL THIRD PERIOD LEADS COACHELLA VALLEY TO GAME TWO WIN

Coachella Valley Ties Best-of-Five Series with 4-0 VictoryThe Coachella Valley Firebirds, proud American Hockey League affiliate of the Seattle Kraken, defeated the Colorado Eagles at Acrisure Arena on Friday night in Game 2 of the best-of-five third round series by the final score of 4-0. Nikke Kokko made 33 saves to pick up his second shutout of the playoffs while J.R. Avon scored two goals to help Coachella Valley tie the best-of-five Pacific…

Firebirds claw back, tie series

Coachella Valley finally broke through on Colorado, scoring twice early in the third period and going on to a 4-0 win in Game 2 of the Pacific Division finals on Friday night. With the best-of-five series tied at a game apiece, the teams head to Colorado for Game 3 on Sunday. J.R. Avon broke a scoreless deadlock 1:20 into the third with the first of his two goals on the night. That ended the shutout streak of Eagles goaltender Trent Miner at 145