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Halifax Raiders
Issac Kaiser – Jean-Luc Reflieux – Reed Laing
Blake Battle – Greta Iversen
Richard C. Hocolate

Prince George Firebirds
Hylytr NoRetornable - Casper Jakobsson - Sven Wolf
Johnny Pollak - Hunky Monkey
Ace Dafoe



The Rundown
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Period 1

Call the 1st period the Kip O’Callahan show because he dominated it. A natural hat-trick in the first 15 minutes of the game. The first coming at 1:34 set up by Toivo Kosonen and Colin Banning.

Quote: Shnekinsen gains the puck from Pham. He tries moving it back to Pham, Colin banning intercepts the pass and gets it up the ice to Toivo Kosonen. Kosonen to Banning, back to Kosonen, he passes it to O’Callahan, they play catch, back to Kosonen, he looks over the zone, passes back to O’Callahan, he shoots and HE SCORES!

Prince George was able to respond a few minutes later. Toms Shnekinsen scored his 6th goal of the season , assisted by Steven Pham and Frederick Boone. The tie was broken at 10:53 when Kip O’Callahan scored his second of the night, assisted by Matthew Shea and Victor Lindstrom. Kip O’Callahan wasn’t done for the night, however, at 15:23 Kip O’Callahan scored his third, sealing the hat trick.

Quote:Casper Jakobsson gains the puck and carries it out of the zone. Jakobsson tries passing but Blake Battle gets his stick on it. He dumps it off to O’Callahan. O’Callahan already with two goals this period is looking for more. O’Callahan to Battle, Battle back to O’Callahan for the one timer and HE SCORES! Kip O’Callahan with his first career hat trick. And a few hats come out onto the ice.

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The few fans of #RaiderNation that made the trip to Prince George toss their hats.
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Period 2

More accomplishments for the Raiders came in the 2nd. Isaac Kaiser notched his first career goal with the assist from Jean-Luc Reflieux. The Halifax bench erupted as Kaiser raised his stick, the Raiders were happy to see Kaiser get his first out of the way. Following Kaiser’s goal, Prince George pulled their goalie:

Quote:That is Kaiser’s first career goal. And it looks like Prince George’s coach is making the call. Ace Dafoe to the bench. RETRIEVE THE WATERS

Ben Waters enters the game 5 minutes into the second period. Blake Fenrir put Halifax in danger, sending them to the penalty kill because of an interference penalty.

Quote:Jakobsson lines up across Reflieux. Jakobsson wins the face-off back to Hunky Monkey. They play tag, pass back to Jakobsson, pass to NoRetornable, he shoots, he scores! The lead is cut to 2.

With the lead cut to 2, Prince George upped the tempo in hopes of pressuring Halifax into making mistakes. Halifax was able to outlast the high energy of Prince George and finish the 2nd period keeping the 4-2 lead.

Period 3

Prince George returned to the ice with the high-tempo energy they closed the 2nd period with. This high tempo energy led to aggressive play that saw Levi Watkins spend 2 minutes in the sinbin for tripping, 21 seconds into the period. The Firebirds were able to kill off the penalty. Prince George went on the powerplay at 9:03 when Richard C. Hocolate sent the puck into the stands and earned a delay of game penalty.

Quote:Hunky Monkey with the puck, he shoots, Hocolate blocks it but it bounces out to the side, Monkey drives in and shoots, Hocolate GLOVES IT DOWN! He had to push off the post and he came up with the miraculous save.

Halifax was able to kill this penalty; however, they were back on the penalty kill a few minutes later. Joey Ryan was caught for interference at 14:19, leading to a powerplay goal by Casper Jakobsson at 15:16.

Quote: Ben Waters gives the puck to Pollak, who passes it to Monkey, Monkey carries it across the blue line and examines the zone. Pass to Jakobsson who shoots and scores! Prince George down only by 1. Casper Jakobsson set up by Monkey and Pollak. The Prince George crowd roars.

Down by only one goal, Prince George put it all on the line to tie up the game in the last five minutes. but the Firebirds came up short. Halifax was able to hold off the rally and finish the third with the 1-goal lead.

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NEWS 95.7FM : The Aftermath
Host Greg Walker gives recaps the game and takes caller’s questions following Halifax Raiders game. He started working with NEWS 95.7 five years ago


Greg Walker: Quite the affair and quite the offense from the Halifax rookies. Tonight we saw Kip O’Callahan score a hat trick, and Issac Kaiser score his first career goal. Firebirds weren’t going down without a fight. Toms Shnekinsen in the fist period, Hylytr NoRetornable in the second, and Casper Jakobsson in the 3rd made this game a one-goal contest. We will take your calls shortly, but first let’s talk about O’Callahan’s incredible game. There are a lot of greats that go their entire career without getting a hat trick. O’Callahan did it in the FIRST PERIOD. An incredible feat, that will certainly bump him up a few spots on most SHL GM’s draft boards. These offense is what Halifax desperately needs from their rookies…. Now we will take phone calls, we have Chip on the line.

Caller 1: Hey Greg, how’s it going? Now, I’ve been a season-ticket holder for the past 4 seasons, and I have never seen a Raider come into a game with the fire and passion that Kip O’Callahan had tonight. I think he showed his full potential, and I think he’s the top prospect in this draft. What do you think?

Greg Walker: Well, top prospect in this draft class is a difficult title to earn. Kip O’Callahan showed he has skill, and that he can put up a lot of points. General managers, however, will want to see his scoring consistently. Now, if O’Callahan could come in and do this every other game, then sure, he’s the top prospect -- but, I think O’Callahan will be a early to middle of the pack draft pick. Thanks for calling Chip, now we move on, Daryl’s on the line.

Caller 2: That was a great showing offensively, but we still gave up three goals. I don’t see this team going far when we’re giving up three goals every night.

Greg Walker: Thanks for the call, and while that’s an honest concern, we still haven’t seen the Raiders’ goalies at their peak. They, like all the players will improve up to the playoffs and enter as more elite players. Tonight, the Raiders accomplished the task at hand, and got a regulation win. Yeah, Dick Cholocate gave up 3 on 26 shots, but the rest of the team kept the score in their favor. A recent article on SMJHL media website has the Halifax defense-core as the highest rated. I believe we have Dan on the line with our last quesiton.

Caller 3:Hey Greg, thanks for taking my call, watching that third period, I’m not sure what was going on. It seemed like Halifax was turtling, they were outshot 15-2. I understand playing safe, and defense is the best offense, but 2 shots in a period where the game is still close is kind of crazy.

Greg Walker:It does look kind of crazy on paper, but it’s not all too uncommon. A lot of teams go into this prevent-defense where they aren’t going for goals but rather trying to run the clock out. This is why PRince George had so many more shots. It almost bit them in the butt though, a one-goal game, they should have been looking for a score themselves to add a little distance.


Three Stars

1st Star
Kip O’Callahan

Was Kip O’Callahan they only player to get the memo that the game started? A natural hat-trick in the 1st period is largely unheard of. The rookie who put on a clinic of offense undoubtedly earned the 1st star tonight. The locker room was more than happy with O’Callahan for taking off the burden of scoring, early on in the game. Halifax's victory can be largely attributed to O'Callahan, and the Raiders certainly owe him a few drinks.

2nd Star
Issac Kaiser

The rookie finally scores his first goal, extending the lead to 4-1. This goal added on to Kip O’Callahan’s destructive first period, and sealed the win the Raiders. Issac Kaiser’s time on the first line with Jean-Luc Reflieux and Reed Laing proved to be a successful gamble. With this goal he proved to the locker room that he can contribute. Raiders were given a shot of energy after seeing the determination of Kaiser to score his first goal.

3rd Star
Casper Jakobsson

Prince George had some great plays in their comeback attempt. Casper Jakobsson was the star of the Firebrids and third star of the game, with 1 goal, 1 assist, and 23 minutes played. Jakobsson cut the lead to 1 late in the third period, electrifying the Firebirds and the entire city. Jakobsson played a big part in the big third period Prince George had and nearly led the Firebirds to overtime.