Prince George 0-4 Kelowna Knights

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The Kelowna Knights came into the game desperately needing a win, as they were on a devastating 4 game losing streak. But their opponents today were going to be a challenge, as the Firebirds were on fire coming into the game (no pun intended) with a 2 game losing streak.

First Period

Opening the scoring was Trevor Wilson with a sweet power play goal, 11 minutes into the first period. With the Kelowna Knights power play unit out there, Geronimo Otto stepped into the face off dot to face Teodors Cukurs. The puck dropped, Geronimo Otto won the battle, and dished the puck back to the point, where Trevor Wilson was waiting. He recieved the puck, handled it then took a lazar wrist shot, going by the defenders attempting to block the shot, and whizzed by Prince George goaltender Ben Waters.



2nd Period

Nearing the end of the 3rd period, the Knights strike again, with a goal from the teams star defenseman Cara Hohenberg. Anatoly Yanovich, taking 2 brilliant hard shots only moments between each, and had missed both of them. Yanovich retrieved the puck after his second missed, and went around and took another shot. He has not missed the net this time, but instead, a nice pad stop from Ben Waters. But Waters was forced to give up a rebound, the shot was to tough to control, and Cara Hohenberg pounced on the oppurtunity. Hohenberg with a almost empty net, with Waters sprawled across the ground, shoots and beat Waters with ease, giving the Knights a 2 goal lead.



3rd Period

Early in the third period, the Knights score another goal, this time is from Adriana Starosta. The Knights, already ont eh attack cycling the puck. Trevor Wilson recieves the puck, takes a shot, misses wide. He rushes to retrieve the puck, then quickly takes a wrist shot, this time missing wide. Frustrated, Wilson leaves the puck for Adriana Starosta at the point, who hammers the puck and beats Ben Waters. 3-0 Kelowna.



Only moments later, 2 minutes 34 seconds into the 3rd period, Kelowna scored another goal, again Cara Hohenberg gets on the baord for the second time tonight. Captain Alex Light carrys the puck into the zone, then fires the puck towards the net, but forward Frederick Boone steps into the shot to block it. The pucks direction was diverted towards Micheal Burrows, who goes to shoot the puck aswell. He shoots short side, and the puck rools around the boards, all the way to Cara Hohenberg waiting at the point. Hohenberg waits for a few moments, then takes a lazar of a slapshot. The puck gets by Ben Waters and into the back of the net, putting some salt on the wound. 4-0 Kelowna.



Statistics Break-Down

Shots
27
10
The Firebirds failed to generate many chances at all, no wonder the FireBirds failed to score. On the other hand, the Knights dominated offensively, with 27 shots

Faceoffs
42/71
29/71

Faceoffs were a key part to the Knights win, as they had dominated the face off circle, which led to countless number of scoring chances. Some of them had led to goals, like Trevor Wilsons goal was created directly off the faceoff, and Hohenbergs first goal would not have happened if Samee Iqbal had not won the faceoff to start an offensive cycle.

Special Teams
PP: 1 for 5
PP: 0-3

The the Kelowna Knights powerplay generated the first goal of the game, which would eventually be the game winning goal. Kelowna was also able to shut down the Prince George Powerplay, holding them to no goals on their 3 powerplay chances.

Hits
14
24

Even though the Knights had dominated the game, the Firebirds were strong physically, with 24 clean good hits on the Knights. The physical play may have dealt some damage to the Knights players, but it didn't stop them from scoring goals.

Blocked Shots
3
9

The FireBirds had a nice number of blocked shots, with 9 total, but it wasn't enough to hold the the Knights scoring.
From looking at the numbers, blocked shots was very well not the reason why the Firebirds failed to generate many shots, as only 3 of their attempts were blocked.