The a History of Violence: Comment 1

One thing to take away from this game was the nature of the penalties. In your average game you will get a few physical penalties, mixed in with a number of stick infractions. In a game that saw 8 total penalties 7 of those were either Interference, Roughing, Slashing, or Cross Checking. Each team served a double minor, Vancouver getting the double in the first period on a roughing call on an overly agressive hit on Aaron Rome, and Detroit getting their double at the beginning of the third period with a swing of his stick after play had ended in the Falcons zone. 

Story of an Unknown: Comment 2

Vancouver has had a rough start to the season. With a large number of their veteran force being called up to the SHL Vancouver has had to rely on a number of new, young talent to grow quickly in skill to keep momentum from last season going. One player however made quite a name for himself in this game. I don't know how to explain it but some how, some way Vancouver player Jeremy Chen, who wasnt in the lineup for this game, found himself all over the score sheet tonight, eventually being named as the Third star, despite not actually being on the official roster. Chen found himself ending the game with 1 goal on 3 shots in his 7 mysterious minutes played.

Rookies Stepping Up: Comment 3

Rookies has been the name of the game for Vancouver. With Jeremy Chen and Cullen Gray, no rookie made their presence more felt with the time they were given than Aleister Crowley. Crowley, joining Vancouver for one of his first games, was only given  4 minutes of ice time in this one. Despite those 4 minutes, he was able to manage almost a shot per minute and the game winning goal in the third period earning him the coveted first star at the end of the game. If Crowley can keep this up hes going to be an unstoppable force going into his second season in the SMJHL.