1) The most surprising stat of the game to me was the fact that the Carolina Kraken out hit the Newfoundland Berserkers a whopping 25 to 8. Holy crap! Even though Carolina probably will not make the playoffs this season I seriously love watching these guys play. They have the best fighter in the league in Adam Friedland guys who know how to lay the freakin' body on other people like Dwight Knight did with 5 hits himself this game. Maybe the Carolina pounding they gave out tired out the Berserkers who couldn't come back in this one despite their goaltender's effort.

2) The unsung hero this game was definitely Carolina Kraken’s goaltender Monty Montgomery. Monty is definitely a definition of a journeyman junior hockey veteran but the two games he has played this season have helped show why it is valuable to carry a veteran backup goaltender in the game of hockey. This being only his second game played this season, it sure didn’t look like it where he stooped 23 out of 24 shots to keep the game close the entire game for the Kraken to eventually come out on top. Cale Amundsen on Newfoundland has been hard to beat this season but Monty made it look easy

3) The turning point of this great close game was when the Newfoundland Berserkers decided to take 3 penalties in the span of 8 minutes in the 2nd period. This allowed the Kraken to racket up their heavy way of playing hockey and end up out shooting the Berserkers 26 to 2 in the 2nd period. If it wasn’t for Cale Amundsen, goalie of the Berserkers, this game would’ve been a complete blow out because of these 3 penalties in a row. Although the Berserkers did have a tiny bit left in them in the 3rd period late push, taking so many hits and being in the defensive zone so much tired them out quite a bit.