DAUPHIN, MB – The Northern Manitoba Blizzard scored by committee while Taye Timmerman made 27 saves to help the Blizzard win 4-2 in game three, taking a 2-1 series lead over the Dauphin Kings in the McMunn & Yates Turnbull Cup Final.
It was the Blizzard who would open the scoring in game three on a shorthanded marker. Cael Primanti created a turnover at the blueline and went to the backhand over Cole Sheffield’s shoulder to give the Blizzard a 1-0 lead heading into the second.
#TurnbullCupFinal | Cael Primanti (06’) goes upstairs on the backhand for this short-handed beauty @NorManBlizzJrA 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Kb7ZIcto2b
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It’s been a tremendous playoff run for Kings defenseman, Matthew Thomas, and it continued in game three. Midway through the second, Thomas was robbed by the blocker of Taye Timmerman before getting the puck right back and blasting his 6th of the postseason to the back of the net, tying the game at 1-1.
#TurnbullCupFinal | Just moments after getting robbed by Taye Timmerman, Matthew Thomas rips one to the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1! @dauphinkings 🚨👑 pic.twitter.com/4WTTVnSU3O
— MJHL (@mjhlhockey) April 23, 2025
In the third period, the Blizzard took over and outworked the Kings. Louis-Jacob Beauregard scored his second goal of the Turnbull Cup Final and third of the playoffs to put the Blizzard up 2-1 just 5:22 into the third.
Louis-Jacob Beauregard (06’) nets one 5 minutes into the 3rd period for the @NorManBlizzJrA as they find the 2-1 lead headed into the late parts of the third!#TurnbullCupFinal pic.twitter.com/hNpfGlRd42
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The MJHL’s regular season goal scoring leader extended the Blizzard lead to 3-1 halfway through the third as Miguel Bouvier beat Sheffield for his second of the playoffs.
Miguel Bouvier (04) the @NorManBlizzJrA captain gives his squad a bit of insurance midway through the third period as the Blizzard find a 3-0 lead headed into the last half of this third!#TurnbullCupFinal pic.twitter.com/N3EdQwkBZL
— MJHL (@mjhlhockey) April 23, 2025
Matthew Thomas would score his second of the game and league-leading 7th goal of the playoffs with 49 seconds left in the third to cut the Blizzard lead to one. The Kings would run out of time while Esteban Cinq-Mars would score with two seconds for the Blizzard, doubling up the Kings, 4-2 in game three.
Cole Sheffield stopped 33 of 37 for the Kings while Taye Timmerman turned aside 27 of 29 in the Blizzard win. On special teams, the Blizzard went 0 for 2 on the man-advantage while the Kings converted 1 of 3.
The Northern Manitoba Blizzard return to home ice in The Pas on Friday with a 2-1 series lead when they host the Dauphin Kings in game four of the McMunn & Yates Turnbull Cup Final.
