1 - Basil Magnicotta
2 - Gaspard Boone
3 - Noah Gallagher

Game Analysis:

The St. Louis Scarecrows were coming off of a three game losing streak coming into tonight's match-up.  The team was feeling the pressure and had to know in the locker room that they had been under performing.  On the other hand, Halifax was looking to extend a three game win streak and continue to be one of the hottest teams in the league.  What ended up happening was the streaks being broken for both sides with a St. Louis victory.  

The score line would indicate that the Scarecrows dominated the game, but that isn't the whole story here.  Halifax actually outshot the Scarecrows, but that itself is misleading to the story of the game.  The Halifax Raiders were practically non existent outside of an extremely dominate second period.  If it weren't for some heroics from their start goal tender Billy Sorokin, this game could have gone very differently.  In the second period Sorokin faced 22 shots and only let in 1 goal for an amazing .955 Save percentage.  This was a great bounce back from a first period where he let in a goal on only six shots faced.  Despite all of the shots from Halifax and their dominate second period, the game was tied 2-2 going into the third period.

The third period is where it really turned to St. Louis's favor.  After surviving an onslaught of a second period, the Scarecrows were feeling good about their game and it showed by some great all around performance by the team.  After allowing 22 shots in the second period, they only gave up four in the third.  The Crows got scoring help from three different lines and three different goal scorers to help them put a decisive lead on the game.  One of the goals came from their fourth line left winger, Valeri Tikhonov his second of the season.  Barrett Blackwood received his first SMJHL point with his assist on the goal.  Seeing the fourth line play a strong shut down game and also contribute goals has to make the Scarecrows feel good moving forward.

You can look to the special teams as another large factor in the game.  Halifax went 0 for 6 on their power play.  They just couldn't solve the staunch defense of St. Louis' penalty killers.  And as everyone knows, your goalie is your most important penalty killer.  To say Billy Sorokin was robbed of being a star of the game is an understatement here.  If Halifax could have converted on some power plays, the game could have been much closer.  Their failure to convert gave a huge boost to St. Louis and was a large factor of them turning it on to win the game in the third.  

Comment below and let us know what you saw in this game seeing St. Louis end their losing streak and put to rest Halifax's hot streak!