Flin Flon - 2 - (Roper, McCombie)
Kindersley - 3 - (Bosovich, Kissick, Mysiorek)
The winless skid has ended as the Klippers skated to a 3-2 victory over the Flin Flon Bombers last night at the SJHL Showcase in Estevan. For all the scouts and fans in attendance they were treated with a very exciting hockey game. Going back to last season, whenever the Klippers and Bombers play each other they are exciting games. Last years showcase, Kindersley beat Flin Flon 2-1 in overtime which somewhat turned their season around and now with a come from behind win the Klippers are hoping this win can turn things around for the better. It really is a huge relief off their shoulders but lets talk a bit about how the win happened.
Kindersley went down 1-0 just 27 seconds into the hockey game. David Roper fired a shot from the blueline that I am sure Fraser Abdallah would have liked back. It was a soft goal, but after that Abdallah really turned his game on only allowing one more the entire way through on route to his 1st SJHL victory. Flin Flon really had control of the game early in the first period but Kindersley started to generate some good chances in the second half of the frame which would eventually lead to the tieing marker. Kyle Davies continued to impress as he weaved down the left wing fooling the netminder as he threw one out front to Bosovich who had the yawning cage to fire at to knot things at 1 a piece.
The second period saw the Bombers take a 2-1 lead on the stick of Dillan McCombie who showed his elusiveness down low to fight off a Klippers defender, walk out in front and fire it over the glove of Abdallah. Near the end of the frame the Bombers hit two goal posts that could of put the game out of reach but luckily for the Klippers they got a bit of help. Their was also a scary moment for Kindersley in the 2nd period as Tanner Kissick ended up hitting his head into the stanchion padding at the end of the Klippers bench inside the blueline. Everyone and I mean everyone in the building thought Kissick was out cold on the ice. It looked scary but then suddenly Kissick got back up and didn't even miss a shift. Not losing Kissick was huge for the Klippers as in the 3rd period early on he would score the equalizer to tie the hockey game at 2. Tanner showed a ton of toughness to come back out their and do what he did after everyone thought he would be hitting the showers early.
In the third period both teams trading chances up until the 18:33 mark when the Klippers would get a powerplay. Zane Morin would force McNulty into taking an extra roughing minor to send Kindersley to the man advantage. Right off the faceoff only 17 seconds into the powerplay McGrath worked it down low to Hoffman who walked out from the corner spotting Jesse Mysiorek out in front. Hoffman with a great feed put it right on the tape and Mysiorek did the rest. The marker would go on to be the game winner and also what the Klippers are hoping for a sign of good things to come moving forward. They got the monkey off their backs and now its up to them to find some consistency. They are right back at it this evening against Melville to wrap up the showcase. Melville is a very solid hockey team and this one should be a great division battle. Melville lost their showcase opener yesterday to Humboldt and will be hungry to come out of the event with a win. Kindersley has not won back to back game yet this year so this would be a big boost for them moving forward if they can.
I have a number of interviews to get up here this morning. Takes a bit of time so bare with me, but they will be up in the next hour or so. As for tonight's broadcast this is very frustrating but it will not be broadcasted on the radio. For whatever reason the Klippers and the radio station came to an agreement prior to the season to only broadcast 28 road games not including the showcase. I was under the impression this game would be a go today but unfortunately I woke up this morning and found out its not on the contract and wont be broadcasted. We are heading to the rink early today to take in a few of the other showcase games which should be alot of fun. I will tweet some updates from the other games.
Check back shortly for those interviews.
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