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dankoa · 04-08-2018, 01:58 PM

ST. LOUIS SCARECROWS

DETROIT FALCONS Falcons

What was seen by some as a David vs Goliath game, the champion Scarecrows made the trip to Detroit with the hope of tightening their chokehold on the SMJHL as they try to win their second title in as many years. The Falcons always make for tough competition however, and they came to this one determined to prove everyone wrong. Which team had the grit to get the better of their opponents in this one?</div>

First period:

To the surprise of very few people, the two teams came out of the gates hard and looking to get themselves on top early on. It took a mere couple of minutes before the teams were able to light the lamp, and it was the Scarecrows who drew first blood, Peter J. Walker scoring his first goal of the season with little time gone off the clock to give St Louis an early leg up. The Falcons could have easily lost control of this one suffering a goal so early on and it's to their credit that they didn't, instead coming back all guns blazing and leveling the score less than 30 seconds later, returning players Reginald Rove and Bob Bergen linking up on a flashy play to tie the score. Rove wasn't done there and mere minutes later he was once again looking dangerous, finding himself in the business end of the ice and sniping another past Schmidt to put the Falcons out in front, quite the turn around. Just to prove how exciting a first period this could be however, after a tense few minutes the scoreboard was once again changing as the Scarecrows pulled things level once again, Walker showing he was the man to match Rove and scoring his second of the game on Primeau. Dueling two goal performances from Rove and Walker were the story of this first period, deadlocked at 2-2 it was all still to play for.

Second period:

A tough second period of the game began with the game's 5th goal, and once again it was the boys in red getting their noses out in front thanks to Grayson St. Raegan, who wasted no time by taking just 40 seconds of the period to get the go ahead goal. Their wasn't any more scoring during the remainder of the period to tell you about, with both teams struggling to get shots on goal as the majority of the game's action took place in the middle of the ice as the two teams tried to prove they had the more grit and determination. A change in pace after a blistering first period, the slower pace of the second following the goal nonetheless set the game up for an exciting finish.

Third period:

Continuing the trend of the game so far, the third period started with a goal mere seconds in, following a penalty being given against Bob Bergen early on and a powerplay opportunity for the Scarecrows, with Paddy O'Sullivan being the man of the moment on this occasion who beat Primeau to put his team on level pegging. The Scarecrows pushed hard and were soon rewarded with another goal that came when they were in fact on the penalty kill, Tony Snow catching the powerplay defense and making the breakaway opportunity for himself where he coolly beat Primeau to put the Scarecrows into the lead once more. With the game looking like it was slowly slipping away from them, the Falcons once more showed just how determined they were when 30 seconds later the rookie Feliks Bartos fired one past Schmidt and sent the arena into rapture as the score ticked to 4-4. The game ticked on into its dying minutes looking like it was set to be resolved in overtime, however Kolesnikovs proved himself to be the man with ice in his veins as he fired a ripper from the blueline that rocketed into the net and lit the lamp for the 9th time in the game, winning it for the Falcons in the dying minutes. A goaltenders' nightmare, this goal fest of a game was almost wall to wall action and had enough excitement for any audience.

<div align="center">THREE STARS

3. TONY SNOW Scarecrows

Contributed with an assist and a short handed goal.

2. VIKTOR KOLESNIKOVS Falcons

Had a huge 3 point night including the game winner and two important assists.

1. PETER J. WALKER Scarecrows

Played a brilliant game including scoring two goals and picking up an assist, was unfortunate to be on the losing team.

GAME LINK</div>

JSS · 04-09-2018, 07:42 PM

Player Of The Game

The player of the game was a pretty obvious choice for tonight's game in my eyes. The player of the game is Detroit's Papa Hulligans. In a high scoring game such as tonight, Huligans stood at the top of the player sheet. Papa was a team player tonight by managing to help his team out with his 4 assists. Papa didn't manage to net any goals, but it didn't matter as his team came out on top. Finishing the net with a +1 rating, Papa was too great defensively, but his multiple point game tonight covered that and I'm sure his team was fine with his play tonight too.

GoonerBear · 04-13-2018, 11:14 AM

I agree with the sentiment Papa Hulligans did not get near enough credit for his playmaking in the attacking end. 4 assists from the blue line, positive in plus/minus and no mention in Stars of the Game? I was a bit perplexed, though I chalk it up to the SotG system valuing goals a lot more since the three stars all scored at least one.

Speaking of, I also give honorable mention to Reginald Rove, who contributed the first two Detroit goals of the game, the first of which came 29 seconds after St. Louis struck first. Fantastic response. In most other games, that would get him a Star, though tonight, there were four others who outscored him on the ice and the other three stars also threw more hits. Credit to him, though, and his goals would ultimately make the difference for the Falcons.

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