Anaheim Outlaws vs St. Louis Scarecrows 

Live from St. Louis, Missouri

Final score: 3 -7

The period starts with a Martijn Westbrook face off win over Scarecrows "C" Michael Fox, but the momentum quickly shifts to St. Louis, as a flurry of shoots pepper rookie goalie Patrick Niederrieter. After two more face offs, both wins by Slap McShotty for the Outlaws, Michael Fox sends a shot just wide. Paying for their inability to get the puck out of their own zone, the Outlaws players watch as the puck ricochets of the end boards and back to Fox's stick where he quickly makes the score 0-1, in favor of the Crows at 2:46. It isn't until 7:33 on the game clock that Scarecrows net-minder Billy Sorokin has to stop his first shot, having seen the rookie across the way face seven shots to this point. It isn't until almost nine minutes later, at 16:19, when a shot by Crows "A" Gordie Boomhover hits one of Niederreiter's pads and bounces back to the stick of Filip Zadina. Zadina makes quick work of the rebound putting St. Louis of 0-2 early. Not losing hope, the Outlaws regroup with a new focus on getting a goal before the end of the period, and they do when rookie Chuck Goody III puts one past Sorokin at 18:40, making the score 1-2. Nothing else of note happens before the horn, but it is worth noting that Anaheim managed only to put three shots on net, compared to seventeen for the Scarecrows.

The second period quickly picks up where the first left off, as the Crows resume their offensive flurry. It leads to a goal just 2:35 into the period where another rebound from a Boomhover shot is planted in the Outlaws net by Filip Zadina. This already marks Gordie's third assist of the game, two of them primary assits, and also Zadina's second goal. The 1-3 lead doesn't last long though, as less than three minutes later, Martijn Westbrook collects his own missed shot and fires it home. Anaheim's second goal coming at 5:05, makes the score 2-3, with the Outlaw's still very much in the game. The next twelve minutes of action see the two teams trading hits and quite a few more shots on net for St. Louis. Nobody can seem to put anything home until, at 17:49, Tyler Tougard takes a slick feed from Nicholas Fleming and once again puts the Crows up by two. Just two minutes later, mere seconds before the horn, Gordie Boomhover capitalizes on the prior change in momentum and adds a goal to his point total. Having reached the end of the period, the score stands at 2-5, with the story of shots on goal continuing from the first period. Only four Anaheim shots were fired on target, compared to fourteen for St. Louis.

The Scarecrows take the ice at the beginning of the third confident in their three goal advantage, while the Outlaws are looking for some way to kick their offense into high gear. The tenacity of the Anaheim players pays off early, and just twenty-nine seconds into the period Jerry Mander puts one home past Sorokin and the score is now 3-5. The Outlaws are back within striking distance and look to continue the offensive push, but it just isn't meant to be in this one. Just seconds after Slap McShotty wins a face off against Crows fourth line center Mika Kandinsky in his own zone, the puck is wrangled by Isaac Yamada, sent across ice to Fork Spoon, and then put right on the tape of right winger Barrett Blackwood for the Scarecrows sixth goal of the game. The Outlaws wouldn't see another score for the remainder of the game, unless you count seeing Nicolaj Muller putting yet another puck past Neiderreiter at 18:28. The game ends with the final score of 3-7, in favor of the Crows. It was too little, too late for the Outlaws, who finally managed to put a respectable eight shots on net compared to ten for St. Louis.

1. Filip Zadina - STL - Zadina, no stranger to great performances, put together another one here for his Scarcrows. Playing just over sixteen minutes, he showed why he's one of the J's top snipers, scoring two goals on just three shots. He added an assist to his stat line, totaling out at three points for the game.

2. Gordie Boomhover - STL - The Scarecrows "A" really brought his A game in this one. You could call Gordie a passing wizard after this performance, having racked up three total assists in just over eighteen minutes on the ice. He made his presence felt early and often, with two assists in the first period and one in the second. He also added one goal to his stat line, totaling out at four points.

3. Nicolaj Muller - STL - Muller is a guy who gets all over the ice, and was rewarded for his hustle in this game with his eighth goal of the season. He had the very last goal of the game and it truly put the nail in the coffin, as the expression goes. 

                    

3         Goals          7

15        Shots         41

 11         Hits          18  

43        FO Wins     34

6        Penalties      3