Goon of the Game
Anthony Archer had 6 hits on the game, and he is our goon of the game tonight. The man was hitting anything and everyone that dared touched the puck. Even though he didn’t get any points this game, his physicality is vital in the Outlaws’ success as he was constantly putting the opposing players off the puck with his big body. Sure, they lost, but you will always notice when Archer is on the ice as his physical presence is a spark plug that the Outlaws typically use as a catalyst to their wins. Without him, the Outlaws would have a big gaping hole in the hits department and an overall loss of grit which would allow other teams to body them around.

Penalties Stunt the Outlaws
On 5 separate occasions, a member of the Anaheim Outlaws was in the penalty box. The 4 penalties they took in the second period prevented them from creating an offence in what was a tightly contested game beforehand. Every time they killed one of them off and appeared to stabilize, another one of their players would take a bad penalty and ruin any momentum that they had prior. Hooking, interference, roughing and holding the stick are reckless penalties and you cannot be taking these easily avoidable penalties if you want to be successful. Hopefully the Outlaws learn from this spanking and become more disciplined as they shot themselves in the foot in this game.