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Game 81 Detroit vs Kelowna
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Game 81 featuring the Detroit Falcons versus the Kelwona Knights was a pretty straight forward game and a dominating win for Kelowna by the score of 4 to 1. The true difference in this game was the shot differential. Kelowna threw 33 shots at detroit's Sebastien Primeau where Kelowna's Damien Blackfyre had a relatively easy game facing only 19 shots. The 14 shot difference was quite obviously the pivotal stat of the game. It actually could have been a much bigger blowout for kelowna had it not been for the shot blocking ability of the falcon's defense who blocked 10 of those 33 shots. Despite doing their best on defense Primeau still let in 4 goals as kelowna handily took this game.

The only bright spot for Detroit was their dominance in faceoffs winning that stat 45 to 33. Again had they not controlled this facet of the hockey game the score could have been much more lopsided than it was. Kelowna is one of the top teams in the league and detroit is also looking pretty good for the playoffs so was this maybe a preview of a playoff series? Detroit will have to shore up it's shaky goaltending if it hopes to beat kelowna in a series while Kelowna, despite being one of the better SMJHL teams has some work to do on it's own in the faceoff category if they want to control the play a bit more. Special teams were a non factor in this game as each team killed off both of the minor penalties it took in this game.

The 3 stars of the game were as follows:

Number 3 was Sigurd Hansen who dished out 2 assists. Hansen is not normally a big offensive threat from the back end so this burst of offense was a pleasant surprise for Kelowna from their leading shot blocker. Any offense they get from Hansen will be a big bonus come playoff time.

Number 2 was Brock Becker who potted his 9th goal of the season for Kelowna. becker has been a solid offensive presence for Kelowna all season and they look for him to continue his scoring as kelowna heads into the playoffs.

Number 1 was Lyndis Vakarian who netted 2 goals, his 9th and 10th of the season on 5 shots. Vakarian is another one of Kelowna's many offensive weapons as they have 8 forwards who have been putting the puck in the net with alot of regularity this season.

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Stopping the Power Play
Each team had a pair of power play chances in this one and neither was able to capitalize as a result of their opponent's stingy penalty kill line. Lightning Jones committed a penalty early in the 2nd period for Detroit, but Kelowna were unable to score until two minutes after Detroit returned to full strength. It feels disingenuous to call the second penalty a kill, as it lasted just eight seconds. Yet in those eight seconds Detroit held strong, so eight seconds worth of kudos to them. Kelowna also had a second period penalty kill, along with a third period kill that preserved a 3-1 lead. If Detroit had converted on that chance it could have swung the game dramatically.

Shot Efficiency
Detroit opened the game with an Eric Tanner score just forty-six seconds in and it looked like things would be going their way. From that point on, they not only struggled to find the net, they struggled to get shots off at all. They fired off just eighteen attempts throughout the rest of the game, finishing with an accuracy of just 5.2%. Kelowna, on the other hand, had themselves a day with four scores in this one. Lyndis Vakarian starred for them in the match with 2 goals on 5 shots. As a team the Knights were 4-for-33, good for a 12.1% accuracy and a three goal victory.

Getting in the Way
Kelowna were either afraid to put their bodies on the line or simply didn't need to in this one, as they had just two blocked shots in the game, one from each of Mikhail Petrikov and Richard Physt. The Falcons, on the other hand, blocked ten, and saw contributions from eight different players in the category. Most notably, they received two blocks a piece from Filip Armstrong and Viktor Kolesnikovs. Taking each team's blocks into account, Detroit turned what would have been a 43-to-21 (-22) shot disparity into the -14 shot differential that cost them in this one. It's not much to write home about, but things could have been a lot worse if not for their defenders making some sacrifices.

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