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PRINCE GEORGE FIREBIRDS @ DETROIT FALCONS
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Pregame: Open - Welcome to Detroit, Michigan and the Jet Blue Airways Arena for the first of the six game series between the overall pre-season chumps, Prince George Firebirds and the overall pre-season champs, Detroit Falcons. It is day 7 of the regular season and the preseason seems to be a good indicator for the Firebirds success at 1-4-0, but Detroit seems to have cooled off having a 3 point edge over the Firebirds with a game in hand at 2-2-1 after losses to St. Louis, Halifax, and Kelowna (SO).

Pregame: Keys to the Game- For the Firebirds to win this one they have to keep these points in mind and change up their gameplan so they can get over their struggles and begin to compete in the league.

• 16 Shots A Win Does Not Make: Having sub-twenty shots a game just isn't going to win you games consistently no matter how good you can suppress shots. Especially not against a team that averages almost 34 shots a game. Having a high shooting percentage is great, but these kids need to get the pucks to the net.
  
• Same Goes For the Other Team: Having your opponent at twenty shots a game isn't bad, but that might not be a realistic goal for an opponent that averages 8 more shots a game than you. They shouldn't stray from their shot suppression It's not a bad goal to keep them low by relying on your centers to win faceoffs and your big guys to control the boards.
  
• Get the Special Teams ON THE ICE!: All around the Firebirds have had a better set of outings with the special teams units on less opportunities, but they can't rely on just this to get them through. They need to make those chances happen. Get around guys, draw a hook or a trip. They need to take penalties, not take five and six a game. Their last game they did a good job taking more and giving less, and that was their only win, so we'll see if that trend can continue.
  

Game: Lineup - The teams are coming together for the opening face off and we have the following lines. Detroit starting out with their standard line of center - Nucky Toohoots, with wings Alex Berkis and Hans Moleman

Prince George sending out line up their first line locks: The relatively new signing at wing, Sven Wolf, his wing partner, Hylytyr NoRetornable, both centered by Casper Jakobsson.

Some bit of time and 10 goals later...

Post-Game: Firebird Gifs of the Game - In this game, there were some good take aways, great takeaways, and a disheartening loss for the Firbirds, let's take a look at some key plays in this game to see what went on...

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We start off on one of the worst takeaways from the game here at around the 18:30 mark of the first period, Ben Water was just simply not ready for the barrage of shots that he would face against Detroit and it would leave him out of position for a near wraparound goal. Let's go in for the call..

Quote:...Nucky Toohoots wins another faceoff in his own zone against the Falcons, throws it back to Metzler, dances around the Prince George forecheck and shoots a clean 2-line pass up to&nbsp; Moleman. Moleman has an edge going around the Prince George defender. Moleman Sliding Around The Back Of The Net. He Has A Shot! BEN WATER IS OUT OF POSITION HE CAN'T GET BACK! THE SHOT! AAAaannndd it goes widddeeeee.....he just threw it parallel to the goal. Moleman has been everywhere tonight and just looks dejected after missing that gimme...

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We come back here to see Casper Jakobsson's 2nd goal of 3 on the night, on a blind pass from Tapper Kottbulle, Jakobsson is able to sway it out of the air for another goal. Throwing up a prayer

Quote:...Solid pressure on right now for the Firebirds, if only they can get a shot off, they seem to having trouble controlling and keeping the lanes open for a shot. Prince George slides down. Obrana throws it down to Kottbulle to cycle, but the whole of Detroit follows. There is a mismatch in the defense! No One Picks Him Up, Jakobsson Is All Alone Slashing In! KOTTBULLE PUTS UP A PRAYER ACROSS THE CREASE! IT'S IN!!! JAKOBSSON HAS HIS 2ND OF THE NIGHT AFTER BATTING DOWN THAT SPECTACULAR PASS! Anderson never say whim coming, nothing he can do. 2-1 Firebirds!

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Now having 2 goals, you just knew that Jakobsson was going to work hard for the hat trick. Here he leverages great positioning and a good team forecheck on the power play to be behind the entire Detroit defense for that hat trick.

Quote:...Just a bit of time left on this power play as Detroit regains possession and begins to get it out of the zone for a last minute line chan...Wait a minute, Selich comes out of nowhere and tips the&nbsp; pass from the Detroit player's stick before he can leave the zone. It Lands Near The Half-Wall, Monkey Picks It Up. No Offside Has Been Called! Play Continues! Jakobsson Picks Up On It. He's Down Low. THE PASS IS ON HIS STICK! SHOT! REBOUND! THE REMAINING PLAYERS&nbsp; CRASH IN! SHOT! ANOTHER REBOUND! ANDERSON IS HIT BY HIS OWN PLAYER! HE CANT GET BACK! One Last CHance? The DEFENDER IS HANDCUFFED, HE CANT GET IT AWAY! GOAL! HAT-TRICK JAKOBSSON! *huff* WHAT A SERIES OF EVENTS! PURE CHAOS! A few hats drop to the ice from visitors and some respectful Detroit fans, but no one in the house in Red is happy about this one. It is now 4-6 Detroit, will this turn around their night? Let's find out...

Post-Game: Wrap Up/3 Stars - It was an entertaining game tonight with a hat trick a piece from both teams from Jacobbson and Moleman.leading to a season high in goals from both teams. We'll leave you with the three stars of the game with this high-scoring affair. Let's see where they stack up.

• 3rd Star: Alex Berkis - 3 Points (1 Goals, 2 Assists), + 1
  
• 2nd Star: Hans Moleman - 3 Goals, 7 Shots, +1
  
• 1st Star: Casper Jakobsson - 4 Points (3 Goals, 1 Assist), 7 Shots, 3 Hits, +2