[A]:  No it isn't.  With guys on your team though like Flash Gordon who is incredibly quick on the ice and in the passing game, it doesn't take long before you're trying to prevent goals instead of make goals.  Speaking of which, what an incredible night this talented player had, netting three assists in the game and easily tying up the second star of the game with a basically first star performance.  Lets go back to the replays now and see how tonight all played out.

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1st Period

[A]:  St. Louis came out swinging, literally, as they gave the Outlaws their first scoring chance thanks to a high-sticking penalty on Luc-Pierre Lespineau-Lebrunette.  The Scarecrow penalty kill unit did a superb job in denying while shorthanded and both teams remained scoreless even with an unusual double-holding penalty that hit both teams and sent the game into a 4-4 environment.  It was however, the Scarecrows that drew first blood at 9:16 on a goal by rookie Mega Tron who was able to pick up the shot in front of the net after assisting shots by both Marian Elsner and Flash Gordon.

[S]:  You can be a fantastic goaltender, as Anaheim's Abroop Dhami was here in stopping the two shots by Gordon and Elsner, but like my high-school coach Ted Orion always said:  "The first shot isn't how they beat you.  Its the second and the third.  If you want to win, you have to take out the trash (in front of the net)".  

[A]:  After another opportunity to score by the Outlaw's power play unit was missed, James Ronlain put the Scarecrows up 2-0 at the 12:31 mark by sliding past the defense and following up his own errant shot.

2nd Period

[A]:  Moving on to the second period, the Outlaw's power play crew finally were able to capitalize on the man advantage after St. Louis'  Borys Franciszek was sent to the box for roughing.  Rath McLeod lit the lamp with one minute to go in the power-play with a beautiful one-timer after intercepting on the faceoff which brought the Scarecrow lead back to one.  Neither team would score again in the period but instead exchange a couple of minors for holding and roughing which put the game once again into a 4-4 play format.  Anaheim's penalty kill unit remained on top of things to this point in keeping St. Louis without a power-play goal.

3rd Period

[S]:  Things heated back up in the third period as Ruslan Zaporozhets of St. Louis was hit with a two-minute minor for holding, thus opening the door for the Outlaws' second of three goals in regulation, all coming from the man advantage.  Leonid Kofix found the net with 30 seconds left in the power-play to tie the game at 2 apiece.  St. Louis would fire right back at 4:17 into the 3rd period as Yamamoto "Admiral" Mitsuharu, picked up the rebound on a shot blocked by Ivan Maximus deep in the Anaheim zone.  Both teams would exchange minor penalties again this period with Anaheim's penalty kill unit staying on top of things and shutting down the man-advantage offense for St. Louis.  It was however a goalie interference penalty assessed to St. Louis with 1:52 to play in the period that would really shake things up.  Not only did the Outlaws move up to a man advantage, but in a bold move Abroop Dhami was pulled from the net to give Anaheim a rare 6-4 man advantage.  The Outlaws dominated the next near ninety seconds and went unanswered with 8 shots to none before Leonid Kofix found the net for the second time of the night by stuffing in the garbage in front of the net to tie the game and send it into overtime.

OVERTIME

[A]:  That game tying goal on a gutsy play really ended up costing the Scarecrow's their momentum.  The Outlaws took full advantage of this by putting pressure in overtime completely in the St. Louis zone.  In an impressive showing of puck control, Leonid Kofix took what looked to be a regular shot but instead ended up being a pass bounced off the paneling behind the net to an otherwise untended Raquel Castillo Gutierrez who curled the puck into the net for the game winner.

[S]:  Definitely a nail biter, and if that is what sets the tone for Anaheim's season, I think we're going to be in for one heck of a ride.  Before we wrap up here on the Golden Horseshoe post game report, here's tonight's stars of the game!

1st Star: Leonid Kofix (2 Goals, 1 Assists, +/- 0, 3 Points)
2nd Star: Flash Gordon (3 Assists, +/- 2, 3 Points)
3rd Star: Marian Elsner (2 Assists, +/- 3, 2 Points)

[S]: And that wraps it up here on the Golden Horseshoe post game report where the Anaheim Outlaws beat the St. Louis Scarecrows in overtime, 4-3.

FINAL SCORE
 3-4 (OT)