St. Louis Scarecrows (4-2-2) vs Vancouver Whalers (5-2-1)
Score: St. Louis 4 - Vancouver 0

Starting Line up

St Louis
Left Wing|| Center || Right Wing
Casper Ek || Eugen Feist|| Joe Kurczewski

Defense|| Defense
Danny Foster || Rhaegar Targaryen

Goaltenders
Kyle Wahlgren


Vancouver
Left Wing || Center || Right Wing
Conklin Owen || Jone Ross || Ace Redding

Defense || Defense
Theodore Graham || Brynjar Tusk

Goaltenders
Maximilian Wehner

HERE. WE. GO.

The rematch from last years 4 star cup. St louis vs Vancouver. A game that promised to be a good one to watch. Sadly for the Whaler fans it was a good game to watch, but only if you were a fan of the opposition. The puck dropped, and here's what happened.

1st Period
A fairly even first period between these two teams. The amount of shots were low but the action was not. The Whalers coming out playing a physical game, they tried to drive the tempo of the game by making it a physical one and trying to wear down the Scarecrows. There was 1 powerplay per side but not much generated for either team. Not a very active period otherwise.


2nd Period


With the start of the 2nd period, you could tell thing's were begining to ramp up a bit for St louis. The shots started to pile up, they began to control the puck more and the tempo of the game seemed to almost start to shift in their favour. It wasn't until late in the 2nd that the scoreless tie was broke, but after that, it was as if the flood gates opened for them.


St. Louis Scarecrows , Eugene Feist 4 (Danny Foster, Casper Ek) at 16:13
Our first goal of the night, after a flurry of shots in the offensive zone by St louis lead by Casper EK, and several block by Theodore Graham the puck was tipped by EK over top, where he than go the puck to Danny foster who found Eugene Feist to tuck home the first goal of the game.



St. Louis Scarecrows , Kelly Rivet 2 (Joe Kurczewski) at 17:34 (PP)
After the shot came in after the face off win in the defensive zone, Rivet found himself suprisingly with the puck, cycled the net and shot it home. He seemed almost dumb founded at his luck but they don't ask how, but how many.



3rd Period


This is the period the game ran away from the Whalers. St louis dominanted them completely and utterly. On the shot clock alone out shooting them 15 to 4. Even by the start of the 3rd, the shots were 15-6, this period just added insult to injury. Thankfully only 2 goals were produced for the Scarecrows for the Whalers defense, but the game was over by the 3rd goal midway through the period.


St. Louis Scarecrows , Taylor Stach 1 (Rhaegar Targaryen) at 10:37
Taylor stach picked the puck up in the defensive zone, after a nice outlet pass from Rhaegar and decided he was doing this all on his own. Up the wing. Bend the stick. Make the shot. Goal. He puts the puck low far side on the goalie and turns to give us this wonderful highlight celebration. I think the Whalers maybe remember this one.



St. Louis Scarecrows , Rhaegar Targaryen 2 (Danny Foster, Frans Erichsen) at 15:38
The last goal of the night was a booming shot from the defense man Targaryen which somehow made it through. We can see on the replay it hits a Whalers defender and richochets down leaving the Goalie Wehner with no chance at all.


3 Stars
1 - Rhaegar Targaryen (STL) G: 1 || A:1 || PTS: 2 || Minutes Played: 21:15
A complete game from the defense man. Chipping in Offensively and shutting down defensivley, give this player the 1st star for the game.
2 - Taylor Stach (STL) G: 1 || A: 0 || PTS: 1 || Minutes Played: 11:11
His wrist shot goal was a thing of beauty and celebration alone may have swayed the voters to make this player our 2nd star of the game.
3 - Eugene Feist (STL) G: 1 || A: 0 || PTS: 0 || Minutes Played: 17:38
A solid game from Feist, while still playing some good hard minutes against the Whalers notches him a spot as the 3rd star of the night.

Quick Game Summary

A final Look at the stats and even at a few of the last games, one thing is clear when looking at this Vancouver team, they need more shots. They are getting hammered in the differential in shots for and against and the lack of offense being produced is starting to show.



When anazlying the rest of the stats for the game all in all things seemed like trade offs more than anything. The Whalers were the more physical team, but paid the price with penalties. Faceoffs were close, but the blocked shots were fairly noticeable for the Whalers. It's scary to think if night in and night out if their players weren't blocking as many shots as they do, how much rubber their poor goalies would actually see at the end of the day.

Team Stat
St. Louis Scarecrows - Hits : 14 - Faceoff Wins : 42 - Blocked Shots : 4 - Penalty Minutes : 6
Vancouver Whalers - Hits : 27 - Faceoff Wins : 39 - Blocked Shots : 10 - Penalty Minutes : 12

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