RED LAKE – The Sioux Lookout Bombers weren’t ready to give up their title defence just yet.
The Bombers scored three unanswered goals in the third period on Sunday afternoon to pull out a 4-1 win over the Red Lake Miners in Game 6 of their best-of-seven Superior International Junior Hockey League quarterfinal, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7 on Tuesday night.
Alex Lucas snapped a 1-1 tie, scoring on Nick Peters at 10:03 of the final stanza. Seventy seconds later Ty Lone made it a 3-1 hockey game and Sage Roberts iced it at 17:28, scoring his fifth of the series to put the win in the books.
Sioux Lookout’s Josh Smith and Red Lake’s Nathan Dann traded first-period goals.
Peters made 38 saves in the contest, while his Bombers counterpart, Matthew Ofukany, made 36 saves to earn the win.
Game time Tuesday night is 7 p.m.
The Thunder Bay North Stars and Fort Frances Lakers will also play a deciding Game 7 on Tuesday, with puck drop scheduled for 7:30 p.m. EDT at Fort William Gardens.
