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1st Period

[A] Carolina ended the last meeting with 20 total penalty minutes.  They must have really felt like trying to sink a battleship early as just thirty seconds into the first period, they chalk up another 2 minutes off a tripping minor from Hans Schweinsteiger.  Fortunately for them, their PK unit denied the Armada any salvo opportunity.

[S] Not that they needed it anyway.   There was quite a bit of back and forth on these teams and wow were their aiming computers flailing!  Jay Reeves finally notched two goals for the Armada, the first one coming with 8:30 left in the period and the second with just 2:10 remaining.  His tenth and 11th on the season.  Before that, boy was the net whiffed by both teams.  A total of thirteen shots in the period completely sailed by the net.

[A] It kind of makes me wonder if they were trying to shoot some wicked tuna instead of a puck!  

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2nd Period

[S] Carolina started off the second period with a bang, scoring just 4 seconds in off a one-timer from Alexei Rykov.  Lets have a look again at that shot and just how out of position at the start Ian Venables was:


[A] I wouldn't completely discredit him though.  He did make up for it right as the penalty ended as Anchorage's Shelby Schmackers was called for holding and giving the Kraken a shot again on the man advantage, and they did.  Scoring with just 40 seconds left in the priod, Ricky Bobby fed his 10th assist on the season to Padraig Sarantez who made the score, his 6th on the year.  That split the score again 4-2, still in favor of Anchorage but I'm sure it wasn't enough.

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3rd Period & Summary

[S] Carolina and Anchorage fought hard in the 3rd period, and near the end Carolina brought it back within one off a goal from Alexei Rykov, their 11th of the season making it 4-3 but you were right Allen, it just wasn't enough.

[A] Indeed, and in a hail-mary move Carolina pulled their goaltender Ian Venables with 1:30 left in the game to give them that sixth man on the ice.  Whenever teams do this, it is always a risky gamble leaving their net empty.  Sometimes it does pay off though.  This time, it didn't as Anchorage's Daniel Bischoff sent the Kraken back to the depths from whence they came, sailing the puck into the net, his 14th of the season and solidifying the Armada's win, 5-3 over the defending champion Kraken.

[S]  Carolina came into the game after having just snapped a three game losing streak, but fell short while Anchorage moves on to a three game winning streak with the win, and moves the two 1-1 on each other for the season.  Now, lets look at the stars of the game:

1. Jay Reeves   (2 Goals, 1 Assist, 3 Points, +/- 0)
   
2. Alexei Rykov    (2 Goals, 0 Assist, 2 Points, +/- 0)
   
3. Berry Blue    (0 Goals, 2 Assist, 2 Points, +/- 2)
   

[S] That'll wrap it up for us here.  Coming up next, our St. Louis counterparts will recap the loss of straw as the Lethbridge Lions take the Scarecrows out of the field 4-1.

[A] Goodnight everyone!