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Toivo · 06-21-2019, 08:31 PM

Anchorage Armada vs Vancouver Whalers Whalers

3-2 (SO)

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Game 59 of the 48th season of the SMJHL sees the Anchorage Armada visiting the Vancouver Whalers. In net, Anchorage has Peter Larson, with a record of 5-5-0 so far in the season. Vancouver has Kasperi Braulin in net, 3-1-1 record.

1st Period
The first period is a low scoring affair. Anchorage only musters up 5 shots in the period, while Vancouver puts up 9. At 9:45 into the game, Vancouver Whaler Kathwyrm Hepbjorn gets the first goal, with the help of Artem Mozgov and Andy Kerr. This goal gives the Whalers the 1-0 lead heading into the second period.

2nd Period
The second period ends up being almost identical to the first period in terms of shots and goals. The Whalers keeps exploiting their game and it's working against the Armada. The Armada can not figure out how to beat Vancouver in this game. The puck keeps getting to Whalers and they have been shooting when they get the puck. Vancouver Whalers add to their lead at 11:01 when Jan Zacha scores his 2nd goal of the season, with the assistance of Sami Rieder and Jon Forty-One. Vancouver had 10 shots and Anchorage had 6 shots. Through two periods it’s now 2-0 for Vancouver, and shots are 19-11 for Vancouver.

3rd Period
The third period sees a comeback from Anchorage. At 9:59, Jonas Larsen scores his 3rd of the season, with the help of Stavros Halkias and Johnny Sins; the lead is cut in half. At 14:25, Elijah Jones scores his 3rd of the season with the help of Jonas Larsen and Stavros Halkias, at 14:25. Through regulation time, it’s tied at 2-2, Vancouver leads in shots 31-22.

Overtime/Shooutout
Not much goes on in this overtime. 3 shots by the Vancouver Whalers and 1 shot by Anchorage Armada. Theo Morgan of the Vancouver Whalers gets a hit and Brock Emmerton of the Anchorage Armada gets a hit in this overtime. The shootout begins, Olivier Cloutier is stopped by Kasperi Braulin. Then Peter Larson stops Jon Forty-One. These goalies then proceed to stop Spencer MacLean, Jared Lammi, Raphael D’Alcott, and Mike Richard. Then, courageously, Elijah Jones of the Anchorage Aramada manages to figure out Kasperi Braulin and put the shootout in Anchorage’s favor. With the game on his stick, Vancouver Whalers’ Sami Rieder misses the net.

3 Stars
1 - Jonas Larsen (ANC)
2 - Stavros Halkias (ANC)
3 - Elijah Jones (ANC)

ontanis · 06-22-2019, 05:11 PM

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Vancouver Whalers defenceman from Lithuania makes SMJHL debut in a game against Anchorage Armada

Vancouver Whalers defenseman from Mikas Bieksa made his SMJHL debut tonight against the Armada in Vancouver. The 18-year-old Lithuanian native was a free agent pickup by the Vancouver Whalers after his name was not called out in the draft. He signed a 1-year, 3-million dollar deal until the end of the SMJHL season.

Mikas Bieksa had 16:12 minutes of ice time, paired alongside Andy Kerr in the third-line. During his time on ice he recorded a shot on goal, had a strong, clean hit on Anchorage Armada Johnny Sins and also blocked a sneaky shot released by Jonas Larsen.

Mikas Bieksa was sent to the penalty box in the 3rd period for roughing.

However, in a shift during the 3rd period, the Armada scored to get back into the game and make it 2-1. Breaking down the goal, Bieksa unfortunately was unable to get his stick on the offending player to diffuse the shot, leading to the goal.

All in all, the debut was not something to be proud of, but also not something to be ashamed of. Let's hope the Lithuanian prospect builds on his performance today and continues to improve.

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Tonight's player of the game is...

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GAME STATS:
1 Goal (2 shots on goal)
1 Assist
+/-: +2

Well, boys here in the studio think that Jonas Larsen just had his first hero moment. He singlehandedly turned the game around by himself in the third period. He scored the goal that brought Anchorage back into the game after showing his offensive awareness when he opened himself up for a pass from Stavros Halkias and released a beautiful wrist shot. Larsen then assisted Elijah Jones on the game-tying goal, although Larsen released the shot and it deflected off of Elijah Jones and slid into the back of the net.

All in all, it does not get much better than this. This performance is a perfect statement to show Anchorage GMs that Jonas Larsen is ready to move up from the third-line and get more playing time and more responsibility on the offensive end of the gameplan.

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The breaking point of today's game was the magnificent high-effort play by Anchorage Armada left wing Jonas Larsen to make the game 2-1. As you can see, the play which ended in a goal developed when Stavros Halkias won face-off in their own end. Halkias quickly connected the puck to Johnny Sins who moved the puck into the Vancouver Whalers zone. Although, Andy Kerr managed to get Sins off the puck, Sins persevered and got the puck back, quickly passed it accross to Halkias who decided not to shoot, but pass it along to wide-open Jonas Larsen whom let rip a fiery one-timer and the puck found its way into the back of the net. Beautiful.

Whikadoodle · 06-27-2019, 10:18 AM

It's now time to announce our Canadian Tire Unsung Hero of the Game, presented by Titos Vodka. Titos Vodka, just Vodka, gets you drunk.

Tonight's Canadian Tire Unsung Hero of the Game is none other than Anchorage net minder Peter Larson! Although he was overshadowed by the offensive prowess of his teammates tonight, Larson was arguably the best player on the ice for Anchorage tonight. Larson posted a. 941 save percentage over sixty five minutes and stood tall in the shootout to give his squad the extra point.

Let's give it up for tonight's Canadian Tire Unsung Hero of the Game!

Peter Larson (ANC), 32 saves from 34 shots - (0.941), W, 6-5-0, 65:00 minutes

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