SMJHL S43: Game 52
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St. Louis Scarecrows 2 vs Anchorage Armada 1

3 Stars
1- Nicky Pedersen Jr. (STL)
2- Adam Taylor (STL)
3- Aleister Cain (STL)

This game was a nailbiter, tied up through most of the second and third periods. The Scarecrows were assessed a multitude of penalties, taking three hooking calls...in one period. The Armada, however, largely failed to capitalize on their fortune, and were outshot by St. Louis 28 to 23. In a goaltending duel, with Anchorage's Benjamin Blue posting a solid .929 save percentage, St. Louis's netminder Aleister Cain was the final standout to tip the scale. He carried the Scarecrows to victory with a sparkling .957 save percentage; his record improved to 7-3-2.

1st Period

St. Louis got on the scoreboard just past the halfway mark, when Antonio Calculon intercepted an errant pass by Jax Aittokallio. After a series of passes up ice, center Steven Moyer fired a shot that was wickedly deflected into the net by winger Adam Taylor. It was Taylor's sixth goal of the season.




2nd Period

St. Louis's top line chipped in to bolster their lead 5:29 into the second. The Armada dumped the puck and went for a line change. Nicolas Williams fetched the puck and fed it up ice to right winger Nicky Pedersen Jr.. Pedersen Jr. skated briskly into the Armada's zone and hammered the puck past Benjamin Blue to give his team a two goal lead.



3rd Period

On the powerplay, needing two goals to tie, and with time dwindling down, Anchorage center Dean Colt III won a crucial faceoff in the Scarecrows' end with less than eight minutes remaining in the period. After cycling the puck around the zone, defenseman Jordan Von Matt fired the puck past Aleister Clain to end his claim to a clean sheet. Assists were awarded to Doug Dimmadome and Dean Colt III.



In spite of their last-ditch effort, the Armada were unable to equalize the score, and the Scarecrows took a narrow win. The Anchorage powerplay was a dismal 1 for 7 on the night, so there were many missed opportunities to make up ground. It was not a blowout, so the Armada will look to put this game behind them and to revitalize their powerplay going forward. St. Louis's primary takeaway will likely be to avoid being baited into penalties, and the coaches likely railed the players on discipline for the next few practices.

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Missed Opportunities

On missed opportunities we look at areas of the game where the losing team could have done something better to win the game. Today we look at the Power Play for Anchorage. Anchorage lost this close game 2-1 and one of their goals was late in the 3rd on the Power Play. That being said they had 7 chances on the man advantage for the entire game and only scoring once late in the third is just not good enough in this league. They did a great job killing the three penalties they took though.

St Louis took 3 minor penalties in the second period yet somehow Anchorage only managed a total of 2 shots the entire twenty minutes. That is just not a good enough effort by the entire team in the second period and that cost them the game. St Louis did score in the second period as well to make it worse.

First SHL goal on first SHL shot in first SHL game.

                  Mack Daddy - Calgary Dragons - Forward
Signed DFA contract with Colorado Raptors to finish S53
Drafted by the Colorado Raptors in S54 Draft - Round 3, 24
Drafted by the Calgary Dragons in S55 Draft - Round 2, 30
S55 WJC Gold Medal Championship
S56 SMJHL All-Star Game Winner
Called up to the Calgary Dragons to start S57
Scored 1st SHL Goal On First SHL Shot in First SHL Game

3 Stars of the Game tonight went to Nicky Pedersen Jr., Adam Taylor, and Aleister Cain. All three stars are Saint Louis Scarecrows and no surprise here because they really killed it tonight. We have Nicky Pedersen who scored the game-winning goal for the Saint Louis Scarecrows. Which is why he definitely earning the first star of the night. Followed by Adam Taylor who scored the very first goal for his team, 10 minutes into the first period. Finally, we have Aleister Cain with the third and final star, who was the Scarecrow goalie. He did an incredible job this game-saving 22 out of 23 shots on him and a high save percentage of 0.957.

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