Klippers Salvage The Road Trip With 3-0 Victory

Here is some notes from the win last night and a few notes from the weekend as a whole.

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- Last night Kindersley snapped a 3 game skid taking down the Melfort Mustangs 3-0. The goals were scored by D Jay McGrath, Taylor Wasden and an empty netter by Taylor Duzan.

- Fraser Abdallah picked up the shutout, his 1st in the SJHL stopping 19 shots on route to the 3-0 victory. He wasn't tested much, most saves appeared routine for him but he was their for his team when he was needed. One thing that was very impressive on Sunday night was his puck movement. He was making crisp passes that really allowed Kindersley to quickly get set up back in the offensive zone.

- The Mustangs really lack firepower. They were without Bradshaw their leading point getting and certainly could of used him. I counted maybe 2 or 3 good quality scoring chances for the Mustangs on the night.

- Kindersley could of opened the game up to 6 or 7 nothing if they had capitalized on a few more chances. Bradley Buckingham and Colby Daniels were buzzing all night and could of both had hat tricks but they didn't have an answer for Wilkins.

- Kindersleys PK was an astonishing 16/16 on the weekend. They also had to kill off 2 lengthy 5on3 kills. They had climbed up to over 90% on the pk this season which is incredible. The only problem is Kindersley is taking a large amount of penalties with the exception being Sundays game as they only took 2. Taking so many penalties forces guys like Duzan, and Hoffman to have to go out an kill a ton of penalties rather than have them fresh for 5 on 5 action.

- Sundays win was a big one for Kindersley. They did it without 6 regulars from their lineup. Jordon Hoffman, Tanner Kissick, Brennen Bosovich, Wheaton King, Justin Lund, and Chris Manhas were all out of the lineup.

- A nice long break for Kindersley this week should allow them to get close to 100% for the game against Humboldt on Friday. Lund and Manhas will be back and by the sounds of it Hoffman, Kissick, and King should be back aswell. Bosovich is a bit iffy at this point but he is coming along well and may be able to dress for Fridays contest.

- With Hoffman gone for basically the entire weekend someone needed to step in and play center. That player was D Jay McGrath who filled the void very nicely. He had a goal and an assist over the weekend, was very sound defensively in his own end and he was money on the faceoff circle.

- In terms of the goaltending situation moving forward it appears both goalies are pushing each other to be better which is a good thing for Kindersley. Justin McDonald played outstanding on Friday night and deserved a better fate, and of course Abdallah got the shutout on Sunday, although only facing 19 shots. With both goalies playing solid, that bolds well for the team moving forward.

- Friday will be a big test for Kindersley when they take on the Humboldt Broncos who are struggling at the moment. A nice long rest and preparation should make for a great game at the WCEC.

I have a few interviews to get up from the weekend but bare with me. Rolled in around one and had to be up for work at 4 this morning with a bad cold. One more thing, how about those Oilers! First place in the Western Confrence, and the Bulin Wall is making alot of haters eat their words right now. Still very early in the season but you have to give the Oil some credit for their hot start.