This is the second meeting of the regular season between these two teams. The Saints were down a number of regulars the last time they played KC and lost 7-6. A full lineup will help for this game. The Saints score on their first shot of the game less than a minute into the first period. The Saints score again to take a 2-0 barely over two minutes into the game. A breakaway goal makes it 3-0 less than four minutes into the game. The Saints score again on the power play to go up 4-0. The Saints dominate the first period out shooting KC 11-5 and lead 4-0 after one period of play.

The Saints score early again to extend the lead to 5-0. KC gets on the board to make it 5-1. KC strike again to start to make it a game at 5-2. The Saints respond with a goal to make it 6-2. The two goals by KC seemed to wake up the Saints again. They score again to lead 7-2. A goalie change by the Saints with the shots 19-14 for the home team. KC capitalizes quickly to make it 7-3. The Saints respond quickly to make it 8-3. The Saints out shoot KC 13-12 in the second period and hold a 8-3 lead heading into period three. Callum Hein making his goaltending debut as an affiliate for the Saints. Dawson MacMillan with the hat trick after two periods of play.

An early power play gives KC a chance to cut into the lead. KC scores on a breakaway to make it 8-4. The Saints add to the lead to make it 9-4. The Saints let off the gas a bit in the third period and allow KC to tie the game shots at 31 a piece. Callum with a strong performance in net in relief stopping 15 of 17 shots.  The Saints win the game 9-4. A rematch between these teams will happen next weekend.

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This is the first meeting of the year between these two teams. The second game of the regular season between these teams will be February 23rd in Beaumont and it will be the last game of the regular season for both teams.

Beaumont scores a power play goal midway through the first to take a 1-0 lead. The Saints had been controlling the play up to that point. The Saints follow it up with deflection goal of their own to tie it at 1. The Saints go up 2-1 with just over two minutes left in the first period. The Saints out shoot Beaumont 19-6 in the first period.

The Saints start the second with one minute left in a power play opportunity. The Saints capitalize and take a 3-1 lead early in the second period. The Saints add to their lead by converting a nice 2 on 1. The Saints are out shooting Beaumont 30-12 midway through the game. Another close call as Bryson Oleksyn rings one off the post. A late power play opportunity gives Beaumont a chance to cut into the lead. The Saints kill off the penalty and out shoot Beaumont 16-11 in the second and take a 4-1 lead into the third period.

The Saints score on a breakaway to take a 5-1 lead. The Saints add another one to lead 6-1. The Saints add another on their 47th shot of the game, the hat trick goal for Bryson Oleksyn. The Saints have shifted some players between forward and defense for this period. The Saints out shoot Beaumont 13-7 in the third and 48-24 overall. The Saints win 7-1.

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An early power play goal gives SZ703 a 1-0 lead. The Saints tie up the game on a delayed penalty call. They then score shortly after to take a 2-1 lead. A power play goal ties the game at 2. A fairly even first period saw the Saints out shoot SZ703 10-7.  The score remains knotted at 2 after one period of play.

Another power play gives SZ703 the lead 3-2. A power play goal by the Saints ties it up at 3. The Saints control most of the play in the second out shooting their opponents 16-7. The score is tied at 3 after the second period. The officiating has been a little questionable this game.

The Saints kill off an early penalty to start the third period. The Saints take the lead 4-3 on a nice shot by Bryson Oleksyn after a face off win. The Saints add an empty net goal to win the game 5-3 despite allowing three power play goals. They out shoot SZ703 13-6 in the third and 39-20 overall.

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[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”4″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″]The teams exchanged special teams goals to open the scoring. SP703 scored a nice short-handed goal by Reed Fadish on a breakaway, and SP702 scored a power-play goal. SP702 scored a late goal to take a 2-1 lead into the break. Shots were 14-3 for SP702 in the period.

A sloppy second period saw SP702 outshoot SP703 10-4 and once again out score SP703 2-1 to take a 4-2 lead into the second period.

SP702 outshot SP703 7-3 in the third period and came away with a 5-3 win.

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[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”6″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″]Special teams played a prominent role for SP703 in the first period with a PP goal and a SH goal. NW702 scored a late goal to leave the period trailing 2-1. NW702 outshot SP703 12-8 in the first period.

NW702 scores the only goal of the second period. A late major and game misconduct to a NW702 player resulted in an injury to Luke Mitchell. SP703 will start the third period still on the power play. NW702 outshot SP703 10-6 in the frame for a 22-14 lead overall.

SP703 took advantage of the early power play to take the lead. A back-and-forth third period saw the game end in a tie. SP703 had a good goal waved off due to the referee losing sight of the puck, and a very questionable late icing led to the game-tying goal by NW702.

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A tentative start to the game saw it’s first shot on net at the six-and-a-half-minute mark. SP scored a nice tap-in goal by Maanvik on a good centering pass. The period ended in a 1-1 tie.

Some penalty trouble in the second saw LE take more of the play and a 2-1 lead into the locker room.

An early goal gives LE a 3-2 lead. A barrage of goals extends the lead to 5-1 before the halfway mark of the period. A tough third period led to a 5-2 loss

A well-skated first period by both teams. Each goalie made a couple of key saves. Sherwood Park scored on a nice three-way passing play to open the scoring. 1-0 after one for the Phantoms.

SE got a power play just 15 seconds into the second period. They were sloppy on the power play with only one shot. Joe had a partial breakaway save near the six-minute remaining mark of the second. Cautious play by both teams resulted in no goals in the second period.

Sherwood Park was short-handed again a minute into the third. They killed off the penalty with Joe making some good saves. Ryder had a nice end-to-end rush, but the goalie made the save.

SE scored on a nice rush and shot. SP with the miss on a breakaway. SE came close with a shot off of the crossbar. SE follows that up with a snipe for the go-ahead goal.

SP pulls the goalie with 34 seconds left.

Final 2-1 SE.