McLaren Paulsen scored 2 goals including the winner in overtime and Christian Lynch made 44 saves to lead the Dryden Ice Dogs to a game 4 win over the Red Lake Miners.
Sean Smith opened the scoring with his first at 5:26 of the first period to give the Ice Dogs a 1-0 lead. Elias Eisenbarth scored his first at 17:52 to make it 2-0 for the Ice Dogs heading into the first intermission.
The Ice Dogs would make it a 3 goal lead early in the second period when Tanner Skrypnyk scored his second on a breakaway at 1:44. Matthew MacPherson got the Miners on the scoreboard at 8:23 with his second. Noah Tenney scored his second at 10:28 to pull the Miners within 1. Blake Hiltermann would tie it up for the Miners at 15:08 with his first of the postseason. Dryden would stop any momentum the Miners had picked up when McLaren Paulsen scored his 2nd with 25 seconds left on the clock. Ice Dogs led 4-3 heading into the third period.
A power play goal from Gabe Tanton at 7:00 of the third would get the Miners back even at 4. Late Pushes by both teams would not result in any more scoring and this game would head to sudden death overtime.
At 4:32 of the overtime frame McLaren Paulsen would score his second of the game to send this series to Game 5.
Christian Lynch was named the games first star for his performance between the pipes for the Ice Dogs.