Kelowna Knights vs St. Louis Scarecrows

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The Knights peppered rookie Scarecrow goaltender Kyle Wahlgren to secure the win!



Interview with Jason Aittokallio
How big was this game for you?
"It was great but the guys played a tremendous game in front of me. All night long they battled hard in front, they didn't really allow them to establish net presence and it made my night relatively easy for me."

You guys talked about starting on time, what did getting the first goal mean to you?
"It's huge. I thought we did get started on time tonight, right from the drop of the puck in the first period. I thought we controlled the play in their end and we didn't give them anything. It's great to see. There wasn't really a lot of flash out there tonight. Boring hockey's playoff hockey."

What aspect of your game are you most pleased with tonight?
"Just competing. Like I said, the guys in front of me did a tremendous job and they deserve all the credit."

Was something said after the last couple of games?
"Captain. D, he leads by example. He leads on and off the ice. Tonight I thought he played -- he always plays a great game for us -- but tonight I thought he was extra special for us. We're going to need that down the stretch here."

Post Game Analysis
Kelowna Captain Dieter Dominique is a great leader. That’s what I’ve said all year long, the knights have a lot of winners in the locker room and he’s at the top of that list. … What I do know is that he’s a great leader and he does it first by example. Talk is cheap lots and he does it by example first and when he does talk it means a lot and I’m sure it meant a lot to the rest of the team. How important was it to score first? You always want to score first, you can’t necessarily control that but you always want to score first. You look around the league and the team that scores first generally wins more than not. Momentum is a big thing. When you score you can build momentum, if you get scored on you can lose momentum. I think the bigger factor is what the Knights can control is how they play for 60 minutes. The knights just need to continue to focus on playing as well as they can as hard as they can for 60 minutes.