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#2
As we can see, Halifax dominated the physical game here, having 10 more hits than their opponent. It must be noted that as of this write up, Perry Morgan has the most recorded hits in a single game that has so far been featured in the SMJHL Hit Tracker! Congrats Perry for being a dominating physical presence on the ice. Back to the game here - despite Halifax having 10 more hits than Detroit, they still lost the game by a single goal. We can also see that Halifax had 13 of their 19 skaters participate in hits (68.4%), whereas Detroit had 9 of their 19 skaters involved in the physical aspects of the game (47.4%).

#3
One possible speculation of the loss for Halifax is they simply took more penalties than their opponent (12 vs 8) and Detroit was able to capitalize on 3 of their 6 powerplays in the game. It was also a bad game for Mike McKorsy of the Halifax Raiders, who had a 77.8% save after 18 shots. He was pulled 50 seconds into the second period and replaced with backup Justin Willis, who stopped 14 out of 15 shots for the remainder of the game. Detroit was also able to outshoot Halifax by a total of 8 shots despite getting knocked around all game by the majority of the Halifax team.