<div align="center">Prince George Firebirds @ <span style='color:#150567'>Vancouver Whalers</span></div>
<div align="center">(Game #91)</div>
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<u><div align="center">Starting Lineups</div></u>

<div align="center"> Prince George Firebirds </div>

<b><div align="center">Hylytyr NoRetornable - Casper Jakobsson - Sven Wolf
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<div align="center">Johnny Pollak - Hunky Monkey</div>
<div align="center">Ben Waters</div></b>

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<b><div align="center">Conklin Owen - Jon Ross - Ace Redding 
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<div align="center">Theodore Graham - Connor MacDonald</div>
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Brief Synopsis
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A game of a struggling offense and a struggling goaltender leads to a game that is much closer than the stats intially show. As Vancouver Goaltender Triforce Link does just enough to give his team a win in overtime while rookie goaltender Ben Waters scratches tooth and nail to get his team one point despite their sputtering offense.

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Game Summary
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Two teams fighting strongly for the top of the Western Conference meet in a game set to have immense impact on the final run of the season to the crown of the West. While Prince George continues to be hot, the Whalers are struggling in a perpetual cycle of victory and defeat that only has them spinning their wheels in the Western Conference picture.

Period one was dominated by the Whalers offense as they peppered standout rookie goaltender Ben Waters with shots from all over the ice. His reflexes and glove speed showed immensely as he was able to stymie the red hot Vancouver offense. Playing such strong goal even though his team hadn't even taken a shot until the 7th minute of the 1st period paid off when that first shot hit the twine behind Triforce Link to put the Firebirds up 1-0 on their first attempt of the game. The goal by Joseph Ricardelli would be only one of two shots for the Firebirds in the entire first period. The 6th shot of the period for the Vancouver Whalers would bring the teams into a 1-1 tie. Rookie Forward Dom Monarch would take a botched faceoff win by Eduard Selich to the net and throw it by the outtstreteched pad of the overworked Ben Waters.

The second period woud continue the offensive struggles of the Firebirds as they wouldn't even match their shot total from the previous period. The Firebirds offense had begun to grind to a halt and throughout the perioid showed no signs of getting back on track as the Whalers continued their assault on Ben Waters. Throwing every puck they could get into the zone at the goaltender. Holding fast the goaltender only surrendered one goal under relentless pressure. The goal came near the three minute mark of the period when forward Levi Kubrak slammed the puck on Waters and took the rebound glove hand and high. Beating the goaltender and putting the Whalers up 2-1 heading into the 3rd period.

The 3rd period was not a huge improvement for the Firebirds but something had seemed to click and allowed for a bit more offensive pressure from the struggling Firebirds offense. The team came out of the locker room and immediately began pressuring shakey goaltender Triforce Link and it paid off in a deflection goal by Karl Hertzberg on a shot by sniper Eduard Selich. The rest of the period consisted of save after save matched by goaltenders on either side of the ice. Ben Waters had single handedly earned his team at least a point and a chance at taking two points from a Vancouver team that had steadily outperformed his team in all previous periods. The 5 minute overtime period sputtered for both teams.

Enter the shootout. Triforce Link began to show why he was the starter in Vancouver as he did not let a single puck to hit the strings while the two biggest leaders on the Whalers team put their shots in behind Waters. Conklin Owen sealed the game with his fancy goal and helped the Whalers pull one point closer to the streaking Firebirds.

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Game Highlights In Photo
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<div align="center">1st Period</div>

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<div align="center">Firebirds's Forward Joseph Riccardelli celebrates after putting Prince George up 1-0.</div>

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<div align="center">Vancouver's Dom Monarch scores a goal passed the outstreteched pad of Ben Waters. </div>

<div align="center">2nd Period</div>

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<div align="center">Vancouver's Levi Kubrak celebrates in the second period after scoring a goal and taking the lead for the Whalers.. </div>


<div align="center">3rd Period</div>

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<div align="center">Firebirds's Karl Hertzberg celebrates after leveling the game at 2-2.</div>

<div align="center">Overtime</div>

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<div align="center">Vancouver team celebrates after winger Owen Conklin scores the final goal in the shootout to give the Whalers the win.</div>


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Turning Point

The turning point of Game 91 between the Prince George Firebirds and the Vancouver Whalers does not take place at a specific point of the game but takes places throughout the entire game. The Prince George Firebirds had an extremely tough game in the offensive zone. While rookie goaltender Ben Waters gave them every chance to win the game and eventually handed them a point single handedly. The turning point had to come in the first when the Firebirds only had 2 shots and barely pressured Triforce Link at all.

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With proper pressure the Firebirds could easily had left this game with an extra point and denied the Whalers a valuable point in the race for the top of the West. Their inability to generate chances easily is the reason they lost this game as Triforce Link had trouble stopping the few shots that did make it his way.

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Three Stars



Conklin Owen (VAN)
Gaming Winning Overtime Goal



Ben Waters (PGF)
28 saves from 30 shots - (0.933), OTL, 13-1-3, 65:00 minutes</div>

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Theodore Graham (VAN)
1 Assist, 5 Shots, 4 Hits, 24:28 Minutes</div>