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FinnRhys · 07-05-2019, 03:22 PM

St. Louis Scarecrows 1 - 5 Detroit Falcons Falcons

It was a rough night for the Gateway City as the hometown St. Louis Scarecrows were shellacked by the Detroit Falcons in a matchup between two of the top teams in the SMJHL. The game, with significant playoff seeding implications as both teams fight to maintain their position in the standings and earn a bye in the first round of the playoffs, was thoroughly dominated from start to finish by Detroit. Indeed, the Scarecrows were nearly blanked completely from the scoreboard as they picked up their lone goal with only seconds to go in the game to make it 5-1.

First Period: Detroit started the scoring off early with their first goal coming less than five minutes into the game as third line winger Jagger Fouquette was able to take a pass from Skao Anazibf along the defensive blue line and turn it into a breakaway chance. Fouquette, using his elite speed, was able to take advantage of a poorly timed line change and rifled a wrist shot through the five-hole of a defenseless Justin Willis.

Jagger Fouquette @Waters

Second Period: With only one goal in the first period, it looked like it would be a relatively close game going into the second. Looks were deceiving, however, as the scoring flood gates opened seven minutes into the frame with the first of three goals in the period. After a nice fake past defenseman Noah Brusky, third liner Skao Anazibf found his way on the doorstep of the crease and snuck the puck past Willis to make it 2-0.

Skao Anazibf @nour

The onslaught on the St. Louis defense continued five minutes later as winger Savoli Tankovic freed his hands from deep on the left wing and uncorked a zinger through traffic that made it 3-0, and just like that the rout was on.

Savoli Tankovic @ItssYoBoiDaLegend

To add insult to injury, only a few minutes later fourth-liner, yes you read that correctly, Marc Palicka Jr. scored the third goal of the period off a lucky throw to the net from a low-angle position that bounced off the skate of Willis and into the back of the net to make it 4-0.

Marc Palicka Jr. @BaseScoutX1

With the defense in disarray and confidence shattered, it was only fitting for the Scarecrows starting netminder, Justin Willis, to be benched after making only 12 saves on 16 shots. It would be easy to lay the blame on the poor defensive showing on Willis, however, he wasn’t helped in any way, shape or form by the members of the third line who, as a unit would give up four of the five goals.

Justin Willis @IamJustin

Third Period: The final period of the game was slow for the first 17 minutes, with St. Louis futilely attempting to salvage some respect, and Detroit taking their foot off the offensive gas. With only three minutes left to play, Savoli Tankovic, collected a rebound off a Kalvins Zvejniek shot and buried it in the back of the net for his second goal of the night to make it 5-0.

Savoli Tankovic

Mercifully, the Scarecrows were able to avoid the shut-out with an amazing effort goal by Nicolaj Muller who, from his knees, gathered the puck and backhanded it over Emiko Spector’s right pad to end the match with a final score of 5-1.

Nicolaj Muller @esilverm

It will be interesting to see the next steps for both of these playoff bound teams. Will Detroit build off this obliteration to become the king of the league? Will St. Louis be able to regroup from such a stunning defeat and salvage their position? Only time will tell.

On assignment in St. Louis, I'm Quentin Roschambecler for the Raiders Review.

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FINN RHYS

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ItssYoBoiDaLegend · 07-05-2019, 04:52 PM

Good Game Boys. When I said St.Louis Scarecrow was overrated @eddiesnothere . You better know I god damn meant it.

eddiesnothere · 07-08-2019, 05:11 PM

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***nour*** · 07-24-2019, 05:11 PM

Nour’s 3 focuses the finale

Comment 1: Depth Scoring
Finally a Detroit win! There are plenty of factors to the success of Detroit in this match up against St. Louis, but the top reason has got to be the strong showings from the depth in Detroit’s lineup. Goals came from Jagger Fouquette and Skao Anazibf, linemates who are building a lot of chemistry together on Detroit’s 3rd line, and Marc Palicka Jr., a stand out on Detroit’s 4th line. Gabster TheMagnificent, Zach Magoon and Khabib Nurmagomedov also all recorded points this game, all members of Detroit’s bottom 6. Anazibf and TheMagnificent both finished the game with 2 points each as well, the former with a goal and an assist, the latter with a pair of assists. (116 words)

Comment 2: STL 3rd Line
This was obviously not St. Louis’ game in most aspects, but none failed to underperform the way St. Louis’ 3rd line did this time around, which was quite the contrast to the Detroit 3rd line of TheMagnificent, Anazibf and Fouquette who combined for 5 points this game. Bruchevski, Wellwood and Sober meanwhile, shared not even 1 point between them, and all finished as a -4, themselves responsible for a majority of the defensive breakdowns that plagued the team all game. If St. Louis wants to keep the seasons long streak of consistency going, this 3rd line is going to have to tighten up and play much harder than they did this game. (112 words)

Comment 3: Powerplay Troubles One Last Time
Once again, despite an incredibly strong performance for Detroit, they find themselves completely blanked on the powerplay. This wasn’t detrimental or game changing this time around as Detroit’s 5v5 scoring more than made up for the problems presented by its PP units, but it is worth mentioning as a silent powerplay has been a big theme for this team throughout most of these segments. The season is winding down here and playoffs are on everyone’s mind, the Detroit Falcons can get away with lack of powerplay success now, but the post season will not be as forgiving for this team if they don’t sort this out. (106 words)

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