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fever95 · 08-06-2016, 06:40 PM

<div align="center">Game #7 - Militia

Montreal Militia (3) Militia

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Halifax Raiders (5) raiders

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Hello and welcome to Sportsnet Central with Carly Agro and Jackie Redmond! Tonight we are taking a look back at game number seven on the SMJHL schedule where the Halifax Raiders played host to the Montreal Militia. This game was a very exciting one, featuring a ton of shots on goal and a fair share of goals. Let's jump straight to the action early in the first period!

JR: Nearly two minutes into the opening frame, Raiders defenseman, Blake Battle carries the puck into the Montreal zone and drops for Jean-Luc Reflieux before accepting a return pass. Battle with a cross-ice pass to his defensive partner Matthew Shea and he rips a bullet by Stephen Harris to put Halifax up 1-0!

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CA: And Halifax draws first blood in this contest but let's skip ahead to the three and a half minute mark where the Raiders take the first penalty of the game. Reed Laing sits in the sin bin for two minutes or less on a hooking minor and the Militia will look to take advantage of the extra ice. Jason Forbrook feeds a pass to Wesley Wells who skates into the Halifax zone and sets the powerplay up. He spots a wide open Filip Granlund in the slot! Hocolate robs him there, flashing the leather to keep the Raiders up 1-0 but Montreal keeps pressing. Zach Zyvleski finds Ilmari Maatta who wires a shot but Blake Battle lays out for a shot block and the Raiders are able to kill that early penalty.

JR: Some good early pressure there on the powerplay from Montreal but they are not able to capitalize. Skipping ahead now to the six minute mark of the opening period with the Raiders on a powerplay of their own. Hocolate stops the puck behind his net for Alex Reed following a Montreal dump-in and Reed finds a streaking Victor Lidstrom at center ice, looking to catch the Militia on a bad change. Lidstrom wheels into the attacking zone and lets a cannon loose that beats Harris over the shoulder to put Halifax up 2-0!

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CA: Great start to the game for Halifax who are in the driver's seat now and look to increase that lead before the midway point of the period. A draw deep in the Raiders zone won by Jean-Luc Reflieux and he swipes the puck back to Greta Iversen. She skates with the puck prior to dishing off to her defensive partner, Victor LIdstrom up at the red line. Lidstrom moves into the attacking zone and dishes off to Reflieux but his shot misses the net and takes a funny bounce off the end boards right to Solaire Azarov. Azarov is denied by Harris but he finds his own rebound in the corner and wraps it around behind Harris to light the red lamp and put the Raiders up 3-0!

JR: About five minutes to go in the period and things start to get a little chippy, Josh O'Brien catches Matthew Shea with his head down, delivering a bit hit and Brennan Kennedy punishes Battle into the boards just a few seconds later, trying to give Montreal a spark late in the period. That doesn't seem to work although as Hocolate has stood tall for the Raiders but Colin Banning takes a hooking penalty with a couple minutes left to go in the period.

CA: Montreal has a glorious chance to close the gap here late in the first period and set up on the powerplay. Wesley Wells feeds Johnny Watson and he drops it off for Nolan Angello and he wires a snap shot that Hocolate steers to the corner with a pad save. Watson jumps on the rebound, circles to the front of the net and fires but Hocolate swallows it up. Halifax takes a 3-0 lead to the dressing room, despite being outshot 15-8.

JR: Moving to the second period, it was a much different story with no goals scored and fewer shots finding their way on goal. Halifax took two penalties while Montreal took one of their own but this period was played much tighter than the offensive outburst in the first twenty minutes.

CA: Nearly three minutes in, Reed Laing picks off an intended pass by Henrik Vikstrom and the Raiders are off to the races! Laing dishes Fenrir in the Militia zone, to Fred Toucher, down to Hunter Johnson and back to Laing in the slot, ROBBED BY HARRIS! The rebound finds it's way to Toucher and he is denied by Harris as well.

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JR: Granlund wins a draw near center ice back to Viatcheslav Orlov and he wheels up ice, cuts into the Halifax zone and BAM! Battle lays him out! What a bone-crunching hit there!

CA: The physicality has really amped up in this period but the Raiders are looking for more here with nearly six minutes gone, Reflieux steps over the Montreal line and drops for Banning as he heads for the front of the net. Banning with a slap pass that Reflieux one-times and a blocker save by Harris and the rebound comes to Banning, threaded to Azarov and back to Reflieux for another one-timer but Harris is up to the task once more and he smothers it.

JR: Jump to the halway mark of the period now, Angello with a hard shot that Azarov blocks and Vleo Green fires wide. It comes back to Angello and he misses wide too but Watson fires right on and Hocolate denies that scoring chance.

CA: Five minutes to go in the middle frame and Battle carrying the puck is hit hard by Wells along the boards and he quickly fires a shot but it's wide. Watson tries his luck but Reflieux blocks that one and Battle takes another hard hit along boards by Wells once more and Pietra Volkova keeps the physical play going with a bit hit on Watson. Toivo Kosonen and Banning deliver hits as well as things start getting chippy with Halifax with a big lead late in the period.

JR: The period ends with the Raiders leading 3-0 on the scoreboard and Montreal winning the shot battle 10-8 in that period and 25-16 overall. Halifax should be feeling good going into the final period while the Militia should be looking to make some adjustments to get back in the game.

CA: Nearly four minutes gone in the third period now and a face-off deep in the Montreal zone, Reflieux beats Watson on the draw and the puck comes back to Shea. He looks for a shooting lane but can't find one, pass to Reflieux at the side of the net and he wastes no time in firing it into the yawning cage to make it 4-0 for the Raiders!

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JR: Skip ahead to six minutes gone in the final frame and the Militia are pressing deep in the Halifax zone, Orlov to Angello and he takes a big chop across the wrist from Shea! Montreal will head to the powerplay as Shea will sit in the box as the result of a two minute slashing penalty.

CA:Nathan Russet with the puck deep in Halifax territory, passes off to Watson, he circles around and fires one wide but picks up his own rebound and fires again. Big pad save by Hocolate and the puck dribbles to Wells who hammers a hard slap shot that Hocolate turns aside with the blocker and Russet finds the rebound, fires and Hocolate swallows that up to keep the shutout alive.

JR: Great pressure on that powerplay by the Militia by Hocolate keeps them off the scoresheet. Nearing the halfway point of the period with almost nine minutes gone and the Raiders are putting the pressure on again. Kip O'Callahan with the puck behind the Montreal net, skates around front, shoots but it misses high and wide. Lidstrom hammers a slapshot but it misses the net as well but the puck ricochets right into the slot where Alex Reed takes a snap shot. And he puts it over Harris' shoulder to bulge the twine and make it 5-0 Halifax! Harris is pulled from the net in favour of Jeff Kirkstone following that goal.

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CA:Now we're down to just over seven minutes left in the game and Montreal has yet to solve Hocolate but they have the pressure on in the Halifax zone. Granlund dumps it in deep as the Militia make changes, Hogan Miller picks it up but his pass is picked off by Orlov who sends it across to Granlund. He fires it wide but gets it right back and wraps it around the net just underneath a sprawled Hocolate. Granlund scores to give the Militia some life late and bring the defecit down to 5-1!

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JR: That late goal definitely has given Montreal some life and let's see if they can build off of that and get back into this game. About a minute later, they are pressing again and have control in the Raiders zone, Maattaa to Orlov to Vikstrom and he drops it back to Maatta. He feeds it over to Marcos Maciel who drops for Orlov as the Militia look for an open lane. Orlov plays give and go with Maatta and the shot comes off the stick of Maatta. It beats Hocolate through the five-hole to make the game 5-2!

CA: Time ticking down in the game now and Lidstrom takes a hooking penalty. Zyvleski picks the puck up behind his own net following a Blake Battle dump-in and he sends a long stretch pass to Maatta at center ice. Maatta accelerates into the Raiders with puck control, drops it for Vikstrom and heads for the front of the net to provide a screen. Vikstrom winds up and fires a howitzer that beats Hocolate high blocker side to make it 5-3!

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JR: The final buzzer sounds to end the game as the Halifax Raiders take it by a score of 5-3. Montreal made it interesting late but it was just too little, too late for the Militia in this exciting, high-octane offense game.</div>

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