It didn’t always look easy, but the Stockton Heat defeated the Colorado Eagles 3–2 in a shootout on Friday.
Stockton fell behind 2–0 in the first period but managed to rally back with goals from Eetu Tuulola and Ilya Solovyov to send the game to overtime. Andy Welinski tallied in the extra frame to lift the Heat to victory.
The Heat will now go for a weekend sweep of the Eagles in the rematch on Saturday evening. It remains to be seen whether Dustin Wolf or Adam Werner will tend goal for Stockton in the game; Wolf made 26 saves in Friday’s win.