Klippers Doubled Up By Melville - Showcase Recap

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After a 3-2 vicotry over Flin Flon I thought we would see a much better team effort on Sunday but that wasn't the case. It was another frustrating game after a win by the Kindersley Klippers who have yet to win back to back contests this season. They came out with alot of jump, and would get the games first marker but near the end of the frame they lost that jump and started to get outworked. Kindersley was reeling and appeared to be just waiting for the period to end hoping to get to the break up by 1. With 30 seconds left in the period Melville scored to tie things up and that really took the life out of Kindersley. They came out flat in the second frame like we have seen time after time so far this season. For whatever reason the second period has not been kind to the Klippers. Kindersley would get into penalty trouble and although they went 6 for 6 on the penalty kill it really limited their offensive opportunities. Melville would score 3 in the frame and head to the break up by 2. In the third period it was basically to little to late but Kindersley started to skate again. They had a 5 on 3 powerplay and Mysiorek would put Kindersley within 2. They had a few more solid opportunities on that same powerplay but couldn't beat Wakaluk. It was a good third period but the lackluster second period proved to be costly.

Overall though I would say it was a positive weekend for the Klippers. After losing 5 previous contests snapping the skid was a big feat. The team now has that feeling of winning in the back of their heads and after a loss Sunday should be hungry for that feeling once again come Wednesday back at home.

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In terms of the actual showcase, Estevan did an outstanding job hosting the event. Spectra place is a thing of beauty and the Estevan organization put on a flawless weekend. The Estevan organization went above and beyond to runs things as smoothly as they did and all the volunteers should be proud of themselves. I know everyone in the Klippers organization was very thankful of everything the Estevan organization did to accommodate them throughout the weekend. In terms of the facility, it is the best I have seen in Junior A hockey, I will get a few pics up shortly.

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Obviously the showcase is a chance for scouts to take a look at certain players. For the Klippers they have alot of young talent and a few vets that were likely on many scouts radar. I felt that on Saturday night Tanner Kissick had a great game and likely came just as advertised. He threw a couple of big hits, took a licking with that scary moment in the second period when he hit the stanchion, came back and scored the tieing goal. If I am a scout what Kissick showed would be exactly what I am looking at for my team. I thought Jordon Hoffman and Jesse Mysiorek both played big roles for Kindersley. One thing you get from Hoffman and Mysiorek is they are always working hard and you would hope the scouts would notice the little things over the flashy things. Hoffman was a key contributor on the penalty kill for Kindersley that went a perfect 8 for 8 over the weekend and he also set up the game winning goal on Saturday night. Jesse Mysiorek had two goals over the weekend including the big game winner on Saturday night when he was parked out in front of the net going to the gritty areas like he always does. He also scored on Sunday to give the Klippers a bit of life in the third period.

I was very impressed with Davies and Bosovich on Saturday night. They have outstanding skill levels that compliment each other nicely. If skill is what some of the scouts were looking at then I am sure they are now on a few scouts radars if they weren't already.

Overall I don't think Sundays performance by the Klippers team did any favors for any Klippers individually and a few players may be disappointed with their play throughout the weekend but it's defiantly not anything to hang their heads over. I am certain that a few players are on the scouts radar and with the SJHL season only being 11 games deep those scouts will continue to evaluate moving forward.