<div align="center">Game #78</div>

<div align="center">Kelowna 4 vs 3 Montreal </div>



<div align="center">Starting Lineups

Nolang Angello - Filip Granlund - Marcos Maciel
Ilmari Määttä - Viatcheslav Orlov
Jeff Kirkstone


Anatoly Yanovich - Beau Bent - Geronimo Otto
Ty Justice - Cara Hohenberg
Jason Aittokallio
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Militia came in to this game with a 2-8 Record in their last 10 games, winning their last 2 games before tonight.
Kelowna were 7-3 in their last 10 before the game. They also had a 3-1 lead in the season series against Montreal so far.


1st Period 1 - 0

The first period got off to a quick start, as Ty Justice came rushing from the bench and got hold of the puck, moving it up it to Hohenberg who fired towards the net. Beau Bent got his stick in between for a beautiful deflection just 29 seconds in to the game.

Bent scores 6th of the season


2nd Period 1 - 2

Viktor Nerokov tied the game 9 minutes into the 2nd period on a great pass from Zyvleski. Nerokov skated around Kelowna defensman Starosta and fired a shot top-shelf.
8 minutes later Montreal's Wesley Wells gave the militia a 2-1 lead after a shot blocked by Kornel Kasparek slid to right to his stick.

Nerokov's GTG


3rd Period 3 - 3

Kelowna received a Powerplay after Ryan Vas was sent to the box for holding at 3:27 of the 3rd. The knights answered with a goal from Hohenberg to tie the game at 4:02 into the period. Vasily Horvat of the Knights took a double minor for roughing after a receiving a check. Montreal quickly took advantage as Johnny Watson fired the puck Five-hole just 43 seconds after the Knights goal.
Anatoly Yanovich tied the game at 12 minutes in after Bent won the faceoff in Militia's zone.

Militia had a great chance to take the lead with less than a minute left with a flurry of 4 shots, but they couldn't put it home.

Yanovich GTG



Overtime.

Both teams had decent chances in OT, but fatigue seemed to have set in a bit as both teams were moving slower, best chance came at 2:46 mark when Beau Bent shot it from the left circle but Kirkstone snatched it into his glove for the whistle.


Shootout

Both goalies were in their zone during the shootout, in the 4th round Kelownas Michael Burrows got the game winning goal after Kirkstone went for a pokechek but the puck bounced off of his stick and into the net.

Unlucky bounce for Kirkstone


Game statistics

Shots: KEL 37 - MTL 33

Hits: KEL 10 - MTL 14

PIM: KEL 18 - MTL 8

Faceoffs: KEL 52 - MTL 48

3 Stars of the game

1. Beau Bent 1g 2a TOI 23:58 Best player of the evening for sure, gave it all every shift and was involved in every goal scored by Kelowna.

2. Cara Hohenberg 1g 1a TOI 21:36 Primary assist on Kelownas first goal and scored the first game tying goal in the 3rd.

3. Wesley Wells 1g 1a TOI 16:52 Scored Montreal's 2nd goal to give them the lead in the 2nd. Assisted on goal that gave the lead again to the Militia in the 3rd period.

Next meeting between the 2 teams will be during game #90.