With both teams having the same amount of points they both are looking for the Big W to get the step up in the standings. This is the Raiders and Knights first meeting of the season, so let's see how the two match up.

        Thicc Cheezy  - Julien Villeneuve - Karl Krashwagen  

Adam Barron - Abel Skinner

Biz Nasty

 

 Kelowna Knights 

       Kalevolaripaavo Kaspertommevisnapuu - Ryan Shepard - Andrey Barbashev II                                        

Luciano Vessot - Noah Nystrom  

Luca Del Vecchio 

Period 1
The Halifax Raiders come out of the gate swinging with the first 4 shots of the game ending with the first goal, Scored by Adam Barron at 4:37 of the 1st Period, his first of the season, with  Assists by Abel Skinner and Thicc Cheesy. But the Knights bounce back and just shy of 2 ½ minutes later Ebenezer Virtanen will bury the puck past Biz Nasty off a great effort by Alex Ranch. The Knight continue the pressure and again anotehr 2 ½ minutes after his last goal, Ebenezer Virtanen puts another puck past Biz Nasty, on a pass from Theo Golury and Alex Ranch. The Raiders and Knight continue to fight the rest of the period, but no one else is able to find the back of the net.

Period 2
The second period starts off with a game tying goal by Thicc Cheezy at 3:44 of the 2nd period, with assists going to Karl Krashwagen and Haley Knight. Even though that ends the goal scoring of the second that definitely doesn't mean an end to the action. Their were a total of 4 penalties this period, with Halifax taking three penalties back to back to back, at 10:32, 12:58, and 15:16. But the Halifax have an amazing penalty kill allowing only 2 shots on net throughout all three penalties.



Period 3
The third period begins with the Raiders and Knights trading off offensive pushes with both Luca Del Vecchio and Biz Nasty putting on a goalie seminar making 5 and 6 saves respectively in the 1st half of the period. But at 11:09 of the 3rd period the Knight's Captain Ryan Shepard puts the Game winning goal past Biz Nasty. Assists going to Andrey Barbashev and Kalevolaripaavo Kaspertommevisnapuu. The Raiders put on a great effort to tie the game, pulling Biz Nastey in the final seconds of the game, but the Knight's defense got the job done and secured their 5th win of the season





Great game by both teams, but what won it for the Knights was puck possession. The Knights out shot the Raiders 30 to 21, and on top of that the knight center were on fire on the draws. Winning 53 of 83 faceoffs for 64%. One thing that could have helped both teams are their power plays. The Halifax Raiders were 0 for 3 on Power plays, and the Kelowna Knights were 0 for 6. The Raiders return to Kelowna in a few games time and we will see how they respond.