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COLIN: Hello, and welcome! To another episode of Post-Game with Alex & Colin, the only postgame show that credits Alex Reed’s contributions as though they weren’t written by Banning.

ALEX: Thanks, Cap, and you’re right, this is an odd gimmick, I’m not sure it’s going to land.

COLIN: That’s fine, as with all my gimmicks, I’m probably going to fizzle out on the idea and we’ll never speak of it again. Now onto the game! We’re in Halifax tonight..

ALEX: Thank God.

COLIN: Right? We’re in Halifax, for the 4th game of the season series between the Raiders and the Falcons. Detroit leads the season series 2-1, despite presently being an awful team which we absolutely do not take seriously.

ALEX: That’s right, but Detroit made some waves today, upgrading their forward core by bringing in Henrik Vikstrom.

COLIN: Absolutely, and that’s the real story here. Detroit pulls a trade with Montreal, who is also very much in the toilet, and nab Hank Vikstrom. I think it could be a real coup for them, Alex.

ALEX: For sure, Vikstrom is a great pickup and if it wasn’t already addition by subtraction here, it’s addition by addition.

COLIN: I wouldn’t be surprised if Detroit went wild and took the division by Mid-August, to be honest.

ALEX: All for the price of a 5th and the 117th best ranked SMJHL forward. What a steal.

COLIN: Indeed, now on to the game. Roll the tape, monkey!

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ALEX: Not a lot happened in the first.

COLIN: No, but huge moment early as Georgette Pel is facing the Falcons PP. Berzins gets a good look and is denied, and the rebound gets moved to Rising Hippo, who is also denied by Pel.

ALEX:: And don’t forget, Rising Hippo has a shot that can destroy a goaltenders glove, so that’s basically two saves.

COLIN: I hear once, Rising Hippo missed the net, and the puck went out the arena and then into space and then it flew through space and now it’s on the moon.

ALEX: I would not be upset for the first human artifact to be found by aliens to be a hockey puck. It’s the highlight of our civilization.

COLIN: Indeed. So, we agree, the first period was boring and sucked for everyone. But, wait kids - Shit got interesting in the second.

ALEX: For real, Detroit has Muller in the box for tripping, and JLR sets up a pretty passing play, going give-and-go with Battle, then passing to Banning, who moves it across to Battle. Blake sets up Volkova in the slot and it goes right past Sivy McSieve, to put Halifax up 1-0 halfway through the second. Powerplay goal, it’s Pietra’s 3rd of the season.

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COLIN: I think she has 12 more in her, personally.

ALEX: Plus 30 in the playoffs.

COLIN: Obviously. Moving forward, nearing the end of the 2nd, Konstantinov picks of an Azarov pass and feeds Evans into the Halifax zone. He’s got Vikstrom on the wing for the odd-man chance, and Vikstrom gets the pass and puts it behind Pel for his first goal as a Falcon!

ALEX: What a shot! What a third line improvement!

COLIN: Luckily, Halifax would get another chance on the PP before the end of the period, after Marc Leclerc takes two for roughing up Toivo. Not cool, guy, Toivo is a champion.

ALEX: For real, and Victor Lindstrom picks up a lost JLR puck and puts one into Prince Daniel James’ ribs for good measure before putting it behind McSieve to put Halifax up 2-1 going into the intermission!

COLIN: About 9 minutes into the third, and Detroit has hard pressure on Halifax in their zone.

ALEX: Detroit certainly seems to have our number in the third this season, don’t they?

COLIN: That’s as accurate as it is embarrassing. Berkis moves the puck to James, who sees Hans Moleman off to the side. Moleman gets the one timer, but Pel finds it and smothers it for the whistle.

ALEX: Moleman is having an MVP year though, you really need to be careful whenever he’s on.

COLIN: Definitely, remember the time I did my first league rankings and I missed Moleman entirely?

ALEX: I wasn’t a member yet.

COLIN: I knew that, since I’m writing your part, but you’re only here for exposition anyways. For what it’s worth, he’s my Top Rated SMJHL Forward this year.

ALEX: So, let’s check the clip, there’s less than 90 seconds left and Halifax is still ahead 2-1, and Banning… ices the puck? Solid plan. We’d already been on the ice for a minute and change.

COLIN: I was tired and lazy. Was tired, am always lazy.

ALEX: Here I am, having to bail your ass out again.

COLIN: ORLY? Cause look who got kicked out of the draw! Azarov has to take it, because you’re jumpy and shitty at draws, and he loses it, because that’s YOUR job, not his.

ALEX: Toivo blocks a Siinikka shot -

COLIN: What a hero.

ALEX: - and Vikstrom gets the rebound and snaps it on net. Evans gets just the tip and it sneaks behind Pel for the tying goal!

COLIN: Dammit, of course it does. A lot of confidence shown by Detroit putting Vikstrom out there with the game on the line though, huh?

ALEX: Definitely, you’d have to think this is raising his draft stock. Also, not being a fucking garbage person.

COLIN: Has to help. Into overtime, Moleman has a good look at the net, but Banning steps in and takes one for the team! Leader.

ALEX: Banning, being a benefit to the team, for once.

COLIN: Later in the extra frame, Blake Fenrir takes a point shot that Alex Reed cleverly deflects wide!

ALEX: ….And then gets the rebound and puts it on net!

COLIN: ….But is easily stopped by McSieve?

ALEX: Almost had it.

COLIN: Hey everyone, the King of Almost is here!

ALEX: And the period ended while you were thinking up that C+ joke.

COLIN: Which means, everyone’s favorite!

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ALEX: Moleman gets the sole goal of the Shootout, and the less we have to talk about the dick wart of hockey, the better.

COLIN: Our utter refusal to practice shootouts as defiance isn’t helping our shootout game. I don’t think they’re going to remove it from the game because we’re protesting it, you know.

ALEX: But everyone makes the playoffs, and the shootout is stupid and can go to Hell.

COLIN: I guess, long story short, Detroit gets 2 points and Halifax gets one, because sometimes games are worth more points.

ALEX: We’re an independent league, why haven’t we gone to the 3 point system?

COLIN: I don’t know, I don’t engage people outside of the Raiders discord too often.

ALEX: Cool. Three Stars time! Third star goes to Cikgnar Konstantinov!

COLIN: A bit of an odd one, to be honest. Good enough game, an interception leading to the first Detroit goal and was +2. Bad in the circle tonight, but this line basically carried the team.

ALEX: Which naturally leads us to the 2nd star, Zach Evans. Game tying goal, 3 shot blocks, solid all around game.

COLIN: And finally, 1st Star, it’s - obviously - Henrik Vikstrom. 1 goal and 1 assist, he was everywhere, and it really goes to show, when you show up to play, 16 minutes is a lot of time to make a good hockey.

ALEX: Indeed. A solid game from a great pickup, and really, a very good draft steal. Won’t light the league on fire like this every game, but can contribute really nicely to Detroit, assuming he keeps on working like he has.

COLIN: Anyways, I think we basically nailed it. So, until whatever I do next time, thanks for reading.