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The Klippers fired 18 shots Jesse Wilkins way and only had one goal to show for it through twenty. Wilkins was stellar last night for Melfort, especially in the first frame. Kindersley beat him early on a quick shot by Austin McDonald, and had a goal post shortly after on a Wheaton King riffle, but after that he shut the door and gave his team a chance moving forward. Less than a minute after Mac gave the Klippers a 1-0 lead, Melfort responded on somewhat of a questionable goal. A scrum in front of the Klippers crease broke lose, and Tanner Kissick was down in a heap. The whistle wasn't blown despite Tanner being unable to get back in the play, and the puck found the stick of Ruzesky and next thing you know it was mesh for the Stangs. That was all she wrote scoring wise through 20, but the big cause for concern for Kindersley was the status of Tanner Kissick. Kissick was taken to hospital, and the word at this time is he tore some ligaments in his right ankle and is expected to be out for 2-3 weeks. With Bosovich out for upwards of a month, the loss of Kissick will make things much more difficult for Kindersley moving forward.
The second period got underway and once again it was the same story for Kindersley. For whatever reason the Klips continue to put themselves in a hole in the 2nd frame. It was not the same effort we seen in the opening period, and Melfort would make them pay with a minute and one second remaining on a beauty by Godric Tham.
Kindersley started the third behind by one. Off they hop they had a ton of jump, which seemed to be sparked by Justin Lund who threw a big check right off the face off. He then had a two on one chance the other way but missed the net. Shortly after Jesse Mysiorek would bang one in to tie the game at 2 with his 5th goal of the campaign and third in the past 3 contests. Things were looking up until the Klippers took a bench minor, putting their leagues best PK to the test. Kindersley was a perfect 8 for 8 over the weekend killing penalties, and were 3 for 3 up to the bench minor penalty. You knew that streak was going to eventually end and it did as Belchamber scored his first of the season to put the Mustangs up by one. Kindersley had their chances moving forward, but solid goaltending the rest of the way through by Wilkins sealed the deal for the Mustangs. He made 44 saves on 46 shots faced and was without a doubt the games 1st star.
Kindersley looked very good at points last night in the hockey game and probably deserved the victory but simply put they didnt find a way to win. Losing Kissick is a double blow for Kindersley. If you missed my tweet prior to the game last night, it was discovered that Brennen Bosovich would be out of the lineup aswell for upwards of a month. Bosovich is the powerplay catalyst for Kindersley and last night not having him out their on the man advantage certainly effected their 5 on 4 attack as they went 0/4 on the PP.
A few positives for Kindersley last night include the play of Bradley Buckingham. He had a very solid game for Kindersley and seemed to be frankly pissed off all night long after he was hit to the head with a check on his opening shift of the game. Austin McDonald had a good night for the Klippers creating a number of chances and finding mesh. Defensively I thought David Haaf had a really solid game for the Klippers. He was throwing his body around, getting it done with the stick and he jumped up in the rush a few times leading to a few scoring chacnes.
Next up for Kindersley is a big division battle tomorrow against the Notre Dame Hounds. It will be Kindersleys 1st look at the revamped Hounds, who currently sit in 2nd place in the Sherwood after a win over Yorkton last night. The Klippers are 5 points back of Yorkton right now for 5th place and have 3 games in hand. Safe to say Kindersley needs to use these games in hand to their advantage to try and climb out of the basement.
I forgot my recorder at the radio station last night, but I will be catching up with Rockie over the phone this morning for an interview. I will get that up shortly.
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