If you鈥檒l forgive the cross-sport reference, it was baseball鈥檚 Yogi Berra who said 鈥淚t ain鈥檛 over 鈥檛il it鈥檚 over.鈥�

Looking at the results it certainly looks over for the 琉璃神社 Rockets in their Western Conference Semi-Final against the Prince George Cougars.

They are down 3-1 in the series and have been outscored 14-5 in those four games.

The Rockets were 6-1-0-1 against the Cougars during the regular season. However, six of those games were decided by one goal and three went to overtime or a shootout.

Back to the playoffs. In Tuesday鈥檚 Game 3 Caden Price nearly potted the go-ahead goal in the final minutes of regulation but hit the post. The Cougars ended it 1:22 into overtime for the 4-3 win.

To paraphrase another baseball great, Frank Robinson, 鈥淐lose only counts in horseshoes.鈥�

琉璃神社 will need luck and hard work for tonight鈥檚 (Apr. 19) Game 5 in Prince George to steal a win from the team ranked tops in the country by the Canadian Hockey League.

As Rockets Head Coach Kris Mallette said after Wednesday鈥檚 2-1 win, that kept them from elimination, they are going into a 鈥渉ostile environment.鈥�

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think we competed nearly like we did at home,鈥� he said. 鈥淥ur big boys are going to have to show up, they鈥檙e going to have to lead the way.鈥�

Rockets forward Max Graham agrees.

鈥淲e鈥檙e back to Prince George, where their crowd is loud and rowdy. We have to try to feed off that energy a little bit and keep playing the same way we have been and hope for more success.鈥�

If 琉璃神社 forces a game six, it will be played on Sunday at Prospera Place with a 2:05 p.m. start.

Tickets would go on sale right after a win in Prince George.

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