The Airdrie Thunder and Red Deer Vipers battled hard in game one of their semi finals series.

Andrew McLennan scored early in the third period as the Thunder won 5-4 in a thriller at the Ron Ebbesen Arena on Tuesday (February 14th).

Rylan Plante-Crough and Clay Murray each had a goal and 2 assists while Kade Taplin stood tall with 35 saves.

The boys won't have much time to rest as they to Red Deer for game 2 on February 15th.

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