Physical Play Comparison

Montreal and Halifax put on a checking clinic in this game. 47 total hits were recorded in this game, which is quite a lot. Joseph Weston was the big hitter for Montreal, with 5. For Halifax, Karl Krashwagen had 5, while Atlas Rush and Oliver Klozoff had 4 each. On the other hand, not a lot of shots blocked, especially by Montreal. The Militia recorded just 1 blocked, while Halifax had 7. The take away here is that Halifax’s physical play cost them too many penalties, which is probably the reason for so many blocke shots. In any case, if they can stay out of the box a bit more with this level of phsycial play, teams will not want to face them.

MTL Hits: 21
HFX Hits: 26

MTL SB: 1
HFX SB: 7