<div align="center">Game 33: Detroit Falcons (3-4-1) @ Montreal Militia (4-4-0)

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Powerplay dominates as Falcons swoop Militia 6-4</div>

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - There were more than a few disappointed fans here in Montreal, with a maroon wave leaving the arena around the end of the 2nd period as the Falcons won in dominating fashion 6-4. Not many homers were around to see Johnny Watson's garbage time goal to give the Militia a bit of dignity to what ended up being a total lack of discipline on the visiting team's part.

We go live to the call for the first goal of the game:

Quote:Originally posted by Detroit Falcons Radio Broadcast+--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1' id='QUOTE-WRAP'><tr><td>QUOTE (Detroit Falcons Radio Broadcast)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Granlund wins the faceoff in Falcons territory, and the puck moves to Maatta. Maatta to Zyvelski and WHAM! Big hit knocks the Militia off the puck and it's Leclerc sending it up the wing to Metzler.

Into the offensive zone, back to Leclerc, and the tic tac toe starts. Down to Zjang, over to Hippo, back to Metzler... Alex thinks and sends it to Berzins FOR THE ONE TIMER!

Blocked by Orlov, laying the body down for his rookie goaltender, and it's METZLER WITH THE "REBOUND SHOT!"



TOP SHELF OVER ORLOV AND HARRIS'S GLOVE Falcons up on the board first, 1-0 less than 5 minutes in![/b]

Montreal was down, but it didn't take long for the Fighting Falcons to take a penalty for interference thanks to the blind scorer Hans Moleman. It ended up taking the whole 2 minutes, but finally, after 3 failed shots on goal, Cleo Green connects off an overload passing scheme in offensive territory to even the score. You could see the Militia coaching staff relax, but the feeling wouldn't last long. 10 minutes and 2 goals later, your Militia were down yet again 3-1, and yet again, Cleo Green had to come to the rescue off another powerplay.

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Green retrieves the dump-in and starts the offense, trying to keep the powerplay going. Angello in the neutral zone sends it to Granlund in Falcons territory, and Filip looks around. The tight point defense challenges him, and the puck gets dumped down to Green.

Green maneuvers to the slot and whips a snap shot straight past the crease. It's just him and Hippo and Green gets there first! IT'S HIM AND ANDERSON!



HE'S TWO FOR TWO TONIGHT ON THE POWERPLAY And the lead gets cut to 1 toward the end of the 1st, Militia down 3-2![/quote]

The powerplay kept going with Laraque Obama's 1st goal of the season to even up the game in the 8th minute of the second, as he collected Maatta's point shot from behind the net after an errant shot and wrapped the puck past Anderson's leg pad. The crowd was screaming their heads off and it all got to Detroit's coach. Yelling at the top of his lungs, the Falcons players got scared and knew they were messing up. Suddenly, Alex Berkis puts Moleman's shot on goal in the back of the net on the powerplay off a deflection, after the 8th shot on goal after the game was tied up, and the Falcons were on the hunt.

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Cikgnar Konstantinov put in a dirty rebound goal to kick Stephen Harris out of the game after his 5th goal of the game, and Hans Moleman finished off his own shot off a 2 on 0 breakaway for the 6th goal in 2 periods to end the 2nd 6-3 Falcons. Boos raining down on the rink, Montreal lost its composure and, though Johnny Watson converted a "rebound" off Leclerc's block to give the 4th powerplay goal of the game, the home team was not the victor.

<div align="center">Stat of the Night: Powerplays</div>

- 1 Goal on 5 Attempts (20.00%), 19 shots on goal (5.26%), 9:00 TOPP
- 4 Goals on 6 Attempts (66.67%), 11 shots on goal (36.36%), 5:49 TOPP

It's an odd thing, usually the powerplay that is best wins. Unfortunately, there's always an exception to the rule, and Montreal was that exception tonight. The Falcons were reckless and put themselves a man down for 12 minutes, and the Militia only needed half that time to rack up 4 goals, 100% of Montreal's converted offense tonight. The bruising Falcons couldn't take advantage of their time, as the Militia made mistakes to put themselves on the disadvantage for 10 minutes, and the Falcons couldn't do much with it, wasting 8 minutes and taking another minute to convert their only chance of the game. If the Militia keep this up (and Cleo Green keeps potting goals a man up, with 2 tonight), they'll be on the road to good times. The Falcons need to take this as a lesson: work harder and be better disciplined, because they aren't good enough to kill the penalty on talent alone.

<div align="center">Militia Player of the Game: Cleo Green (2G, 0A, 2P)</div>

There's no debate as to who was the heart and soul of the team tonight. Half of the Militia's goals came from Cleo, making great plays on the ice during the man advantage and catalyzing the man advantage for a complete set of powerplay goals tonight. The lack of even-strength goals didn't do any favors for the Militia's +/-, as Green left with a -1 rating, but taking in the 2 goals, Green leaves with a +1 adjusted, and no one can compete with racking up pucks in nets.

FINAL SCORE:
- 6
- 4