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Oil Kings win 5-4 over Thunderbirds to tie WHL championship series

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Luke Prokop had two goals and two assists and his Edmonton Oil Kings recovered from blowing a two-goal lead in the third period to beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-4 on Sunday and even their Western Hockey League championship series at 1-1.

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Luke Prokop had two goals and two assists and his Edmonton Oil Kings recovered from blowing a two-goal lead in the third period to beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-4 on Sunday and even their Western Hockey League championship series at 1-1. COURTESY: Andy Devlin/Edmonton Oil Kings

The Oil Kings, who dropped the series opener 2-1 on Saturday at Rogers Place, saw a 4-2 lead evaporate at 2:50 of the final frame, but Brendan Kuny’s goal at 8:46 lifted the Alberta squad to the win.

READ MORE: Oil Kings lose 2-1 to Thunderbirds in Game 1 of WHL championship series

Also scoring for Edmonton were Carter Souch and Justin Sourdif.

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Lukas Svejkovsky had two goals for Seattle, with singles added by Matthew Rempe and Jared Davidson. Kevin Korchinski chipped in with two assists.

READ MORE: Oil Kings embracing chance to win WHL championship in series against Thunderbirds

The Oil Kings outshot the Thunderbirds 41-30.

The series shifts to Seattle for Games 3 and 4, with Game 3 on Tuesday.

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