Game 108 was a brutal 5-1 loss for the Detroit Falcons against the Kelowna Knights. The Knights had an incredible second period, scoring four of their five goals and leaving the Falcons scrambling to prevent a shutout. The lone Falcons goal came on the power play at 6:51 of the third period. Too little, too late.

Read on for a period by period scoring breakdown:

Period 1

Justs Sirmais puts Kelowna on the board 3 minutes and 22 seconds into the first period with clean execution of a set play off of a faceoff win. Sirmais wins the draw, knocks the puck back to Bernard Frederic, waits for Frederic to pass to Aronne Zamloch, and is ready to slap in a one-timer when Zamloch sends it back his way. And just like that, the knights take an early lead, which they hold on to for the remainder of the period.

Period 2

The second period is littered with Knights goals, the first one coming 43 seconds in, when Cara Hohenberg makes quick work of a bad turnover by Tobias Thorvaldsen in the Knights zone. She quickly skates the puck into the neutral zone and passes to second line center Dieter Dominique, who moves it into the Falcons zone and takes a shot that’s tipped in off of the stick of Beau Bent. Knights up by 2.

At 11:10 of the period, Dieter Dominique scores the Knights 3rd goal, his second point of the game, assisted by Nicholas Leier and Mia Landvik. A shot of Leier’s was blocked and Dominique was there to pick it up and go five hole on a frazzled Falcons’ goalie.

Janis Mazmiesis scores the Knights 4th goal of the game at 13:10 and chases Detroit’s goalie Jari Ohvo. He’s replaced by Sivy McSieve.

Five minutes and 46 seconds later, Knights captain Mikko Linna goes top shelf on McSieve to give the Knights a 5 goal lead. Linna’s goal was assisted by Mikiael Talo and Ty Justice, after one of Talo’s shots was blocked and Linna caught the bounce.

Period 3

At 6:21 into the 3rd period, Dolph Ziggler took a tripping penalty that led to a Falcons’ goal 30 seconds later. Alex Berkis took a shot that hit the post, chased down his own rebound, and then stuffed one in under the right pad of Laukkanen to rob the Knights of a shutout.


Now we’ll take a look at Knights’ second line center Dieter Dominique vs Falcons’ second line center Wiljian Zjang in the player spotlight.

Dominique had two points in the game, one goal and one assist. He took 5 shots on goal in his
21:13 of playing time. He had 6:34 of special teams minutes, had a +2 +/- rating, and won 50% of his faceoffs. He was credited with 2 hits and 1 blocked shot.

Zjang played 20:46 with 4:10 of special teams time. He won 54% of his faceoffs, but did not record any points, shots, hits, or shots blocked. He had an even 0 +/- rating, and took one penalty, a minor for holding the stick in the second period.

The difference between these two players’ stats accurately represented how unevenly matched this game was. The Falcons were too tired to put up much of a fight, and the Knights, led by 1st Star of the game Dominique, took full advantage.