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PGS S50: Game 92: Kelowna Knights vs. St. Louis Scarecrows
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Game 92 of the regular season was between the Knights and the Scarecrows, in St. Louis. Both teams have been struggling with their defensive depth so far this season. This matchup was the perfect opportunity for both teams to straighten things out.

Period 1
The first period started out with a bang, St. Louis attacking the net hard and driving the plays. In fact, their over eagerness to get the first goal would hit them instead, with Barrett Blackwood getting sent to the sin bin for cross-checking. It would take only 1 minute for the Knights to light the lamp with a great deviation from Ryan Shepard. A few minutes later, Ruslan Zaporozhets would tie things up with a laser beam of a shot past Luca Del Vecchio at 6:53 into the first period.
The Knights would win the next faceoff from Shepard to Alex Ranch and sent to Raquel Castillo Gutierez, who would catch Marques Brownlee napping to put Kelowna up by 1 a mere 8 seconds later.

The rest of the period was pretty much all in St. Louis’s favour, as the team rallied back and pushed furiously for the equalizer. This would come from the stick of James Ronlain at 16:59 of the period off a one-timer shot. The Knights defense was stretched thin and nothing could’ve stopped this goal from going in.
Barrett Blackwood would redeem himself from his early period penalty and add a tally for himself, his 9th of the season, 70 seconds later to send the Scarecrows to the locker rooms up 3-2 after 20 minutes.

Period 2
If the first period was all St. Louis, then the second period was all Kelowna. The Knights would pepper the Scarecrows net throughout the period whilst playing a high forechecking game from the get go. This would pay off immediately, with Gylfi Eriksson potting his 5th of the season at 2:19 in the period to tie things up at 3. A couple of solid occasions came for the Knights during penalties to Luc-Pierre lespinneau-Lebrunette (charging) and Blackwood (tripping) but Brownlee held strong and the Knights could not solve him.
With the period ending and both teams tied up, the third period looked to be decisive.

Period 3
The third period was balanced throughout, with the Knights edging out the Scarecrows in total shots. But the game was fast, going both ends of the ice. Del Vecchio and Brownlee kept their teams in the game during clutch penalty kill situations at 2:04 (Max Davidson – KEL – Tripping) and and 6:43 (Sasha Dangelcheck – STL – Hooking). As things slowed down in the last few minutes of the period, a bad personnel change by the Scarecrows would have Prince Devitt pass the puck down the middle to Gutierrez who would not miss on the breakaway.
The Scarecrows would pull their goalie for the extra attacker in the last minute of play but nothing would come of that. The Knights would leave St. Louis with a precious 2 points in the bank

3 Stars:
3rd Star – Marian Elsner Scarecrows
2nd Star – Ryan Shepard Knights
1st Star – Raquel Castillo Gutierrez Knights

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Dark Horse

Defenseman never get the recognition they deserve unless they amass points thus lets talk about the man, who put it all there to ensure a victory for his team. This man is none other than Simon Leblanc. In my opinion, he is arguably one of the best defenders in the league. Sure he does not have the most points but in every other defensive categories, he is up there as one of the best. Simon Leblanc is a veteran in the league and thus worked hard to be where he is at right now. His rookie years were nothing to be proud of but he worked consistently to improve his game and get to where he is. In this game, the man laid 4 hits on the opposition and also blocked 3 shots. In a close game such as this where only 1 goal separates the two team, defense is the most important aspect. Holding the lead you already have to capitalize on the win is what Leblanc did in this game. His bone shattering hits would tire his opponents so they can no longer play like before and using his body as a shield to protect his team and ensure the victory. Sure he did not get any points this game but the man was an iron wall for his opponents and ultimately led to the Knight's victory.

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Plug of the Game:

Ok well maybe it's not a week of blowouts and one sided matchups after all. The Kelowna Knights hosted the St. Louis Scarecrows in what turned out to be a preview of the wildcard playoffs, and it turned out to be a close one. It's hard to pick one single player here since both teams played relatively well, but one player seemed to be basically invisible on the ice. Third pairing defender Tucker Centennial was essentially a ghost during the game, nearly 15 minutes of ice time and mentioned only once during the broadcast. No points, no shots, no hits, no penalties, -3 rating... his only redeeming factor was a lone blocked shot that was deflected towards him.

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First Period Frenzy

Coaches like to talk about starting strong and both teams tried to do just that. All the goals in the game but two were then, and St. Louis managed to pull ahead. Unfortuantely for them you have to play the other two periods too and that's how Kelowna came back and won. The Knights fought tooth and nail to tie it up in the second and then St. Louis did nothing, allowing them to take the win in the third. You have to say though, that first period was as exciting as it gets. The fans sure got their money worth from that action.

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