A Stellar game between the Dynamiters and Ghostriders ends in a draw

Earlier this week I had to do something against the grains, and that was acknowledge that the Nitro's division rival, the Fernie Ghostriders were #1 in the Power Rankings. And then we had to play them later! And as always, regardless of Power Ranking or division standing, the Fernie and Kimberley rivalry is great, and this game lived up to the hype.

Game Notes
Tyson Brouwer started the game.
Coy Prevost hasn't scored a goal since October 12, but has been consistently been adding assists to his point total.
Jared Marchi hasn't scored a goal since October 26, and had an 8-game pointless drought before getting a couple of helpers the past couple of games.
Scratches/Injuries: Tyler Kinnon, Jordan Roy, Alex Rosolowsky

1st
Prevost scored on an individual effort, ending his scoreless drought, which I admit I may have jinxed because I told him (in a joking way) to stop scoring goals so we can keep him, and he took that very seriously. Moments later Marchi who also was on a frustrating pointless streak got one past the calm and collected Orser. Buckley and Tilsley got under each others skin and dropped the gloves resulting in both being ejected from the game. Shots were even this period, 9 apiece.

2nd
The Ghostriders came storming back, They scored two goals, close together, and out shot Kimberley 14-12.

3rd
The Ghostriders got their first PP chance of the game, and just when they had a steam of momentum, Richter broke in with Marchi, and threw the puck at the net and somehow a tangled up Marchi got his stick on the puck and scored his second goal of the game. The Riders had an answer and scored a minute later. Then in another 57 seconds the Riders scored again. The Riders had their first lead of the game with just over 5 minutes left. The Dynamiters got desperate and pulled their goalie, and with 13 seconds left on the clock Richter scored! The Nitro's outshot the Riders 14-9 this period, with a bulk of those shots coming in the last 5 minutes.

OT
During the first four on four OT, which was end to end action, there was a moment when there was 1.3 seconds left on the clock, and then the ref came over and jacked up the time to 8.0 seconds. Which didn't impress Kimberley because they were in the defensive zone, and to add 6.7 seconds is a little ridiculous, I understand 2-3, but 5+ there is no way a score keeper omitted their duty for that long.

Anyway, the 3-on-3 started. You could feel the tension, and you could see it with the players as they got after each other. But no one was able to best the goalies in OT and this game ended in a draw, which was anticlimactic but also a well deserved point for each of the teams.

Nitro's Player of the Game
Jared Marchi. Two goals and an assist.

Honorable Mentions
Coy Prevost - 1G 1A
Jason Richter - Game tying goal heroics.
James Jowsey - 2A
Jordan Busch - 2A
Charlie Dagostin - the webcast crew hated and loved your hits at the same time.

Further Reading
Boxscore