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3 VS 1

Game #47 Post-Game Show</div>


<div align="center">Summary of Game</div>

First Period

First period stared off high energy for Vancouver, both sides playing some relatively clean hockey with zero PIMs on the board by the buzzer end at 20 minutes. St. Louis ran into some truly foul luck at the start with a few bad deflections of players in the crease, including Willy Mac and Bill Cirocco. Wahlgren, staying relatively unchallenged until a hard push by the Whalers late in the second minute helmed by Jon Ross who sends the puck to the back of the 'Crows net without much challenge. Poor shooting and good puck control on the dot found rookie Corey Bearss with the puck on his stick and shooting one past Wahlgren not even a full three minutes later. Two errors in goal seemed to revive Wahlgren and get his mind back in the game, allowing him to stop the remaining 7 shots on STL's goal that period, but the 'Crows offense remained a mess until the buzzer sounded, with barely 5 scoring attempts for the full 20 minutes of play.

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Second Period

Second period found both teams frustrated in both a shooting and a scoring drought; plenty of missed shots, poor puck management, and blood running hot -- both Vancouver and St. Louis racking up a minor for slashing a piece. Conklin Owen and Danny Foster both letting their irritation be known with some ankle swats, handing each team a 2-minute powerplay a piece -- both of them killed without production. Big hits on rookie Vancouver offense from more seasoned St. Louis defense kept the Whalers firmly in their place for the second twenty minuets. Both teams returned restless and exhausted to the locker rooms for this period, neither with anything to show for their efforts.

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Third Period

Right out of the gate on the 3rd, Vancouver's Owen managed to bait Foster into another minor penalty -- the two of them having chirped each other all over the ice following their respective ankle love-taps from the second period -- this time with a high sticking call. Whatever suppressive magic St. Louis had going on their penalty kill during the second period wasn't able to sustain itself into the third, as the Whalers finally made good on their powerplay with Owen himself putting up the point at 5:01 with Ross and Graham for the assists. 'Crows scrapped together a response way too late in the period at 17:31, but by that point in time, Vancouver's defense had hunkered down into a viciously physical machine blocking and subduing all efforts at puck movement in their zone. At the end of this period, Vancover walked away with the win.

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<div align="center">Five Stats Not to Brush Past</div>

• Talk about a difference in effort -- Vancouver came close to outshooting St. Louis at a ratio of 2-to-1 almost every period; the Whalers racked up a stunning 28 shots on goal to the 'Crows measly 15.
  
• St. Louis had almost dead-even ice time across all four forward lines, each playing for around 15 minutes a piece. Vancouver's forward groupings had a more standard staggering to allow for refreshed pushes from lower-minute lines, and a more intelligent idea of which team veterans have the endurance to allow for prolonged ice-time. Could St. Louis' immature line strategy been contributing to their stymied efforts on the ice offensively? Coach should probably sit down with his boys and make sure they're putting their boys to the best of uses before setting out for another string of games.
  
• There were a total of 32 shots on goal in the game that went wide of the net. While overall, Vancouver shot twice as much St. Louis, the statistics when dealing only with shots that went wide of the net tell a very different story: of the 32, 19 belong to St. Louis, and only 13 to Vancouver. St. Louis has a problem with their aim, and when they're being outshot 2-to-1, they should not be skewing high of even in undisciplined shooting.
  
• Well, the Whalers as a whole can take this game to the bank -- the overall +/- of the game came up with no names on the roster sporting negative numbers at all. The boys that were out on the ice for the one Vancouver managed to let in late in the 3rd were all part of the producing team earlier in the game, and walked off with 0s, if not +1s for their efforts.
  
• While both teams put up similar numbers of blocked shots for the game, Vancouver's efforts are spread out evenly across their boys on the D -- St. Louis has a few clear contenders they would do well to groom into big body defensemen. Rivet, Celej, and Targaryen have 8 blocked shots between the three of them, and Rivet and Celej have body hits in their name as well. If the organization focuses on supporting these men in their efforts to shut down the 'Crows defensive ice, they'll see great returns. These guys are clearly willing to do the legwork.
  

<div align="center">Unsung Hero</div>

Vancouver’s Ace Redding wins this distinction for this game for an absolutely mind-bending 7 hits, helping beat what's been an otherwise vicious St. Louis offense into a sloppy mess. Granted, he only otherwise put up one blocked shot and an assist, but for a game that was defensively about disorienting and wearing out the opposing team, Redding's contributions in the hits department are truly no small feet. Keep up that Hulk Smash, kid -- you're going places!