The series between the Midget AA Broncos and North East came down to the wire, unfortunately for the Broncos, it will be North East advancing to the next round.

The best of five game series was decided in game five on February 27th with North East skating away and into the next round off a 4-3 victory. 

After the Broncos fell down 2-0 to start the game, Dylan Lindal cut the lead in half late in the opening frame to send the Broncos trailing by one into the first intermission. 

North East regained their two-goal lead with eight minutes left in the second period. Once again, the Broncos were able to get back within a goal as Cody Bergermann scored with under a minute left in the middle frame. 

In the third, Kaden Korolchuk scored the 3-3 game-tying goal with just over five minutes remaining. However, North East scored just two minutes after and held on to a 4-3 lead to seal the game.

The home team won every game in the tightly contested series. All of North East victories were decided by one goal. 

They will advance to play the Unity Lazers in round two.