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I apologize for not blogging on Sunday, but here we go with some random game notes.
- I mention the game getting a bit crazy off the hop, the Nipawin Hawks had 2 players ejected from the game aswell as their head coach Doug Johnson. I have alot of respect for Doug Johnson and have always seen him as a calm and nice guy and wasn't expecting him to get tossed out of the game. I understand he was upset with the way things were going but in terms of the penalty calls on his club, I thought for the most part they were fair.
The first player who was tossed was Tad Kozun who was ejected for charging on a hit he delivered on Taylor Duzan. No doubt about it being a charge, and Duzan appeared to be down and out. I believe their may have been contact to the head, but I would need to see a replay of the hit to judge further. I would believe a suspension on the hit will be coming but I wont comment further until I see a replay . More on Duzan in a second, but the 2nd player to get the boot was Scott Bollefer for a hit from behind. Paslawski also recieved a 10 minute misconduct and a gross misconduct late in the 2nd period.
- In terms of Taylor Duzan, his performance was simply put, unreal. Eveyone in the building thought Duzan was out for the game but he returned in the 2nd period and put on a show. 4 minutes into the second period he wired a beauty home off a set faceoff play. Hoffman won it back to lund who dropped it to Duzan and he did the rest using his quick release. Duzzy would also add another goal before the period was through. It was quite the treat to watch what Duzan did on Saturday night.
- The other player who played a huge roll on the night was Jesse Mysiorek. He capped off the evening with an empty net goal for a hatty. Nipawin was battling back and drew within one until Wheaton King feathered a perfect pass in front to Mysiorek who was crashing the crease, and he went up top to restore the 2 goal Klipper lead. Mysiorek is a huge reason why Kindersley has turned their game around of late having scored 6 goals in the past 5 games.
- With all the penalties Nipawin was getting you would of probably liked Kindersley to have done a better job on the power play going 1-9 but it really doesn't matter because they got the 2 points.
- As a team Kindersley once again played a sound game overall. They had a bit of a lapse in the first ten minutes of the 3rd period but overall they were the better hockey team and certainly the more disciplined of the 2 teams. Hard to judge Nipawins performance. They have alot of talent but in terms of being the best team in the Bauer conference, I didn't see that on Saturday night. Hard to judge a team though that was without a number of their key guys, and losing Kozun in the first certainly affected their offense. Saying that though Kindersley was without, McGrath, Kissick and Bosovich and found a way to win. It will be a much tougher task for Kindersley in Nipawins barn this upcoming weekend.
- Kindersley is certainly coming around and we will see if the positive results shown on the weekend in front of their parents will translate to the upcoming road trip.
- In terms of the Klipper injures, I don't expect to see McGrath in the lineup this weekend but we will see. It appears that he is about a week away from returning. Bosovich and Kissick still remain a few weeks away from returning.
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