By Trevor Grimm

Every time you think you’ve seen every twist and turn possible in the Clark Cup Final between Muskegon and Waterloo, a new twist emerges.

Saturday night in game four, Waterloo needing a win to send the series to a decisive game five back in Party Town, with 1:05 to go, the hockey gods seemed to turn against the Black Hawks.

With just 1:05 on the clock, Teddy Spitznagel broke Carter Casey’s shutout, and things got interesting.

For Waterloo, things got a bit too intersting with 41 seconds left when Teddy Townsend was called for boarding. With Muskegon pulling the goalie for the extra attacker, this created a 6-on-4 situation - and suddenly it got very interesting.

Cue the Sportscenter Top 10 top moment of the day. Seriously.

There was just 0.1 seconds left on the clock when Xavier Veilleux’e shot eluded Casey to tie the game.

0.1 seconds. Literally, there can not be a tying goal occur any later in a game. Muskegon might have waited 58:55 to find their offense, but when they did, it got rolling quickly.

As with the previous night, the game started out with Waterloo getting the chances, especially in the second period, when they outshot the Lumberjacks 16-5. The Black Hawks are at their best when they get chances off the rush, and they were doing that well through the first forty minutes.

Once again, a warm arena comes into play. Whether it’s softer ice from the warm, humid conditions, or just fatigue from playing in the heat, Waterloo has struggled past the second period in Muskegon.

An early goal was exactly what they needed - the longer the overtime went, the more it felt like it would favor the Lumberjacks.

Chase Jette’s point shot from the left point just 1:32 into overtime found the back of the net and sent the series back to Waterloo for a decisive game five Tuesday.

A game five that sold out in a little over an hour.

It’s hard to imagine sports theater than game five at Young Arena, which has been next level loud in these playoffs.

Wednesday, the reality the season is over sets in for most of us. But for one night, nothing could be better.

Game seven. Technically, game five. But game seven has a mystical connotation in sports.

It fits.