Game 111

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Sterling Knight scoring one of his 2 3rd period goals

The leaders in the East and West were fated to match up again and Vancouver wanted to make sure that Detroit knew what they would be up against in the 4-Star Finals. The rookie Pierre-Luc Laflamme notched his 11th of the season on the man advantage to start the Whalers road effort and they dodn’t let up. Jay Robinson hit 15 goals on the season on another 1st period powerplay to give Vancouver a 2-0 lead into the 2nd, but Thomas Anderson wanted to start the home rush and made his mark with a goal midway through the 2nd period. Truck Stoker got to double digit goals to stifle the Falcon effort at the end of the 2nd and Sterling Knight piled on 2 goalsin the 3rd to seal the West victory over the East.

RESULT:
- 5
- 1

1st Star – Sterling Knight, (2G, 0A, 2P)
2nd Star – Pierre-Luc Laflamme, (1G, 1A, 2P)
3rd Star – Hunter Wong, (95.7% SV, 1.00 GAA)

Game 112

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Pavel Bursyuk scores shorthanded for St. Louis

The battle for the bottom of the East was underway as St. Louis was looking for a road victory up in Canada. Sasha-Alexei Smirnov started the effort early off a quick penalty and St. Louis headed to the locker room with a 1-0 1st Period and 18 minutes of non-goal play. Steve Linkos would add a second goal in the first 2 minutes of the 2nd, and Chris Fekete responded on the Vsevolod Nikitin holding minor with a powerplay goal. Not wanting to be in a tie game, Pavel Bursyuk took matters into his own hands and scored shorthanded to extend the lead. Hay Cosmo got the lead back down to 1 a few minutes later, and some tension resulted in a draw fight from Pas Chien and Nikitin. St. Louis looked to end the game and did with an explosive 3rd period, with Axel Reid and Seth Ryder scorind 2 quick goals toward the middle of the 3rd. Jorma Ruutu was still skating and got one past St. Louis, but Bursyuk’s 2nd goal and Banananov’s tally gave the Scarecrows the blowout road win.

RESULT:
- 7
:impact: - 3

1st Star – Pavel Bursyuk, (2G, 2A, 4P)
2nd Star – Steve Linkos, (1G, 2A, 3P)
3rd Star – Seth Ryder, (1G, 0A, 1P)

Game 113

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Deacon Douglas starts the scoring for Regina at home

With the Falcons all but on top of the East, Regina looked to steal a victory at home. Alexandre Sauvé would start the scoring for Detroit on the powerplay late in the 1st, but Deacon Douglas answered back to leave the 1st tied up. Brandon Pomery notched his 17th goal as a defender on the powerplay and Justin Cunningham followed him with another quick goal to grab a 2 goal lead, but Chico Four-Byrde wouldn’t let the Force get far ahead and scored quickly to cut the lead to 1. Alexander Kovalchuk and Trill would add on 2 more goals to secure the lead in the 3rd period for the Force to beat the Falcons late in the season

RESULT:
- 2
:force: - 5

1st Star – Deacon Douglas, :force: (1G, 1A, 2P)
2nd Star – Justin Cunningham, :force: (1G, 1A, 2P)
3rd Star – Trill, :force: (1G, 0A, 1P)