Kindersley Still Looking For 1st Win In 2012 After OT Loss

The Kindersley Klippers are still looking for their 1st win of 2012 after losing in Overtime to Nipawin over the weekend.

- The pictures in this blog post were taken by Kirk Verner of the Kindersley Clarion

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- Kindersley played their best game of 2012 Saturday night on home ice against the Nipawin Hawks. They competed hard and likely deserved a better fate.

- I am not one to usually rip on officials but when they make a wrong call, especially in overtime you have to rip them a bit. Brett Blatz was down low in the offensive zone trying to line up Bollefer for a check. At the initial moment Bollefer had his back turned towards Blatz who was skating towards him. As he went to make the hit Bollefer turned to his right, and the check resulted in shoulder to shoulder contact. It was almost as if the official had it in his mind that he was going to call the hit a board before the hit had followed through. At initial look it appeared Blatz was going to connect with a boarding check, but since Bollefer turned it was a clean check in my mind, and Blatz should not have been penalized.

- Kindersley picked up a point but they really needed 2 points to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. Once again Kindersley still is not mathematically eliminated but with Notre Dame winning last night that slim chance took a big hit.

- Justin McDonald had a solid game Saturday night for Kindersley. It really was a goaltenders duo between McDonald and Kozun all night long. In the end it was won by Kozun but you cant really fault McDonald for either goals against. They were both on the powerplay, and the winning goal was a 4 on 3 one time bomb from Datoff.

- One big concern for Kindersley is their lack of scoring. It's not like the Klippers were putting up huge offensive numbers before Christmas, but in the new year Kindersley has scored only 5 goals in 4 games. You won't win many hockey games scoring at that ratio.

- Next up for Kindersley is a tough 3 game set over the weekend. They are in Estevan Friday night, Wilcox Saturday and Weyburn on Sunday. All 3 games will be broadcasted on 1330/1210 Classic Hits Radio.