#1 A Battle At Dead-Even Strength
It’s always interesting when a game with a handful of penalties (five in this one) fails to have a single power-play conversion. And don’t get me wrong, Detroit and St. Louis both have pretty solid defensive play (in spite of the final score), but typically a man disadvantage and a “holding pattern” style of play from most penalty kill squads doesn’t work for an entire match – especially not when the team running the power play is freakin’ Detroit. What’s perhaps most surprising in this instance is the twelve minutes’ worth of penalties levied against St. Louis early on in the third period were swiftly counteracted by hooking on Detroit – which #44 must have been wringing his hands about after the game.

#2 Third Period Dominance
In some sense, it almost feels like this ridiculous Detroit squad waits until the third period to truly unleash on their opponents (in an ‘instill a false sense of security’ kind of way). For some optimistic St. Louis fans, the Scarecrows goal early in the third period was enough to get the crowd’s hopes up – as a 2-1 deficit is probably among the worst situations Detroit has been in all season (and that’s when they’re leading!). But the Falcons decided that their dilly-dallying was finished, and over a period of about six minutes in the middle of the third period thoroughly dashed any hopes the St. Louis fans had of taking down the titans in Detroit.

#3 A Heroic… But Unfruitful Effort By Majors
Though he made thirty saves on the day – 50% more than his counterpart A Jobin in Detroit – rookie Richard Majors was subject to hearing the buzzer sound behind him a total of five times against Detroit. And while Majors has, in general, been a fantastic netminder this season (.896 SV%) even when compared to more veteran SMJHL players, he couldn’t get things going in his favor for the entirety of this game. A barrage totaling 35 shots sailed his way over the course of the game, coming from snipers like Edward Williams and Kaarlo Kekkonen (some of the SMJHL’s point leaders) that left Majors overall helpless in goal. Regardless, his mark for saves remains largely intact (30 saves in 35 shots isn’t too far off from his typical performance).