Vancouver Whalers vs Carolina Kraken
Final Score: Vancouver 1 - Carolina 4
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Hey there partners, it’s me Clyde Cuddles, Carolina’s finest here to report on Game 11 of the SMJHL Season between the Vancouver Whalers and YOUR CAROLINA KRAKEN!!! I’m Clyde, Clyde the Guy, and this is the Kraken Report.

First Period:
1. Carolina Kraken , Stirling MacTavish 2 (Velveteen Dream 1) at 12:32
2. Carolina Kraken , Alexander Wachter 1 (Michael Fitted 3, Kenny Creller 1) at 16:11
3. Vancouver Whalers , Lligma Broomstick 2 (Jacob Rizzo 1, William Hartmann 1) at 18:07

Penalties: No Penalties

What a great start for the Kraken! The boys came out ready to sink the Whalers’ ship, you gotta protect that marine life y’know? #savethewhales. Anyways, this game started out pretty slow, each team was keeping each other to the outside and limiting shots. The deadlock was finally broken when the extremely underrated Stirling MacTavish intercepted a pass from defenseman Sabo Tage and took the puck the other way with linemate Velveteen Dream breaking towards the net. MacTavish sent a pass over to Dream who sent a quick one touch pass back to MacTavish who slammed home the one-timer for his second goal of the season. The Kraken followed the MacTavish goal up with another coming from none other than Alexander Wachter. This goal resulted from yet another giveaway, this time from Sven Yxskaft who had his pass intercepted by Zbignew Pokrywka who quickly moved the puck to Michael Fitted. Fitted entered the zone and completed a quick give and go with Kenny Creller. Fitted then found Wachter breaking towards the net and found his stick for the easy tap in for Wachter who was wide open. 2 minutes later, the Whalers got one back from a goal by Lligma Broomstick after a nice counterattack. The first period would end with a score of 2-1 in favor of the Kraken

Second Period:
4. Carolina Kraken , Velveteen Dream 2 (Jimmy Wagner 2, Stirling MacTavish 2) at 10:07

Penalties: Michael Lee (CAR) for Hooking (Minor) at 12:17

In the second period, the Kraken would extend their lead and hold the Whalers to only 3 shots in the period despite Vancouver’s best efforts. The goal would once again come from the MacTavish line as Velveteen Dream would now find himself finishing off a pretty play created by rookie Jimmy Wagner. After receiving a breakout pass from MacTavish, Wagner would start skating up the ice, using his patented speed to power past the Vancouver defence and drive to the net, only to fool the netminder with a sweet drop pass which Dream would finish off easily. The game continued to be a clean one with the only penalty in the game so far being Michael Lee’s Hooking minor at 12:17

Third Period:
5. Carolina Kraken , Scott Hamilton 1 (Zbigniew Pokrywka 4, Ben van Dijk 1) at 11:48

Penalties: Ambacas Cuddles (CAR) for Interference (Minor) at 3:21, Tommy Outlaw (VAN) for Hooking (Minor) at 9:37, Zbigniew Pokrywka (CAR) for Tripping (Minor) at 12:09, Velveteen Dream (CAR) for Hooking (Minor) at 15:33

The Carolina Kraken would extend the lead as rookie Scotty Hamilton would score on the breakaway to collect the first goal of his pro hockey career. Congrats Scotty! Ben van Dijk also picked up his first career point, getting a secondary assist on the goal. Pokrywka, who received the puck from van Dijk on the breakout and found Hamilton breaking up the middle. Hamilton finished off the breakaway with a calm finish with a shot through the netminder’s five-hole. The game got more chippy in this period, as Carolina would take 3 penalties to Vancouver’s 1.

End of game: Carolina 4 - Vancouver 1

Three Stars:
1 - Stirling MacTavish (CAR) - 1G, 1A, 2P, +2
2 - Velveteen Dream (CAR) - 1G, 1A, 2P, 2 PIMS, +2
3 - Alexander Wachter (CAR) - 1G, 1P, +1