Comment #1: The Smebs (110 words)
Both before and after the S45 SMJHL draft there has been a lot of talk around the Smeb family. You can find several of them in the Colorado Raptors and there's no secret that they do indeed have some good chemistry amongst them. After Knute Knurtsson gave the Raptors the lead in the first period, it was Parker Smeb who assisted Daniel Smeb to make it 2-0 at the end of the first period. Daniel Smeb earned the third star of the game with that goal and it is not an uncommon sight to see the family assisting one another in each others success both on and off the ice.

Comment #2: Power Play? (108 words)
This game saw the teams scoring in just one out of seven Power Plays combined, with the Anchorage Armada scoring in 1 on 4 attempts and the Colorado Raptors going for 0 on 3 attempts. With a low scoring game ending at 2-2 in full time this could have been a key part for either team to win. The only player who looked hungry enough and who actually scored on the Power Play was the Armadas Jacob Geza, a goal that earned him a well deserved first star in the tight game. But with nobody else stepping forward the game eventually went into both overtime and a shootout.

Comment #3: Goalie Battle (103 words)
With a tight low scoring game the goalies were obviously busy. Both the Armadas Peter Larson (.917) and the Raptors Yuri Ushakov (.920) had great performances and looked almost inseparable after regular time. It wasn't until the shootout that you could actually tell them apart. Peter Larson stopped everything. And even though the Armada managed to put their first two penalty shots outside of the net, Larson kept them in the game and Dean Colt III was able to seal the deal. Larson could have well deserved a first star for this performance but didn't even make it as one of the three.