Kopitar Break(er)s the Hearts of the Florida Fans 3 times, Eagles Soar to FHL Cup #2!
The Surrey Eagles came back from a 3 games to 1 deficit to the high-powered Florida Breakers to win game #7 and claim their second FHL Cup! Eagle center Anze Kopitar scored the GWG in each of the last three games of the series. And Surrey goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury stoned the high octane Breaker offense giving up just one goal in the last three games
Surrey comes to town for the final game of the season. The Breakers are looking to end the goose egg streak that has plagued them the last two games and is trying not to blow the series. Eagles start off fast and three minutes in, Kopitar puts the visitors up with his 7th of the playoffs. The Breakers finally start getting the puck out of their own zone and the hex is broken at 12:18 with McNabb getting his 1st and we are tied after 1.
Second period is a lot of even back and forth with neither team gaining too big an advantage. Florida has two PPs but Fleury is equal to the task and we end the second the same way it started.
Third period starts out slow but then the Breaker-killer Kopitar puts his second of the game away four minutes in and the home crowd is panicking. The Breakers apply some pressure but the Eagles get all the odd man rushes and it is Vasilevskiy's turn to stand tall. T. Wilson gives the Eagles their first PP at 16:49 of the third. The Eagles fire away but still cannot get the clinching goal. With a minute remaining, the Breakers pull Vasilevskiy to try to tie the game. But the magical season totally loses its steam with David Backes potting the EN goal at 19:38. The stunned crowd watches the clock wind down and the Eagles win the game 3-1 and take the championship back to Surrey.