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Clippers lose tight playoff battle 1-0 to Grizzlies

Mar 4, 2017 | 7:11 AM

COLWOOD – The BCHL playoffs opened with a 1-0 loss for the Clippers.

The Victoria Grizzlies scored the only goal early in the second period off the stick of Shawn O’Malley.

Strong goaltending was a major factor with Matthew Galajda making 24 saves and Nanaimo’s Evan DeBrouwer stopping 27 shots.

There was also a large disparity in power plays with the Grizzlies going to the man advantage six times and the Clippers getting just over a minute of power play time in the game.