Ghostriders take game #3

The Dynamiters were unable to solve Logan-Hill and the Ghostriders won for first time in Kimberley this year winning game three of he series 3-1, but the Dynamiters maintain a 2-1 series lead.

I pointed out in the in-depth series preview, that if Logan-Hill faces a lot of pucks in a game, the Ghostriders end up winning.Well, that is what happened. Logan-Hill got into a zone and turned away 43 of 44 shots.

The officiating, as usual, was peculiar. I used to be a basketball official, and I have never seen travelling called in a hockey game, which is what happened to Miller - the puck kept ricocheting off of him as he was taking the puck out of the zone, and the ref blew it dead. The linesmen called offsides when the play was onside, and then when the play was offside they let it go. There were odd icing calls. But the most annoying part was how often the Ghostider's (emphasized intentionally added) net came off the pegs and play would continue until the Nitro's scored. Then off course the goal wouldn't count, and no extra time was added back on the clock because of the nulled play. So FRUSTRATING!

But that wasn't the only difficulty of the night. The Nitro's score board was having problems. From the start of the game during the singing of the national anthem, there were electrical issues. It made for a game that was slow and favoured the Ghostriders. The Ghostriders remind me of the post 2004 lockout Philadelphia Flyers, where they had big, tall, and non-agile defencemen. The slower the game, the more beneficial it is for the Ghostriders slow defence. (I should note though, even though they are slow, I wouldn't want to be body checked by Weber or Odelein, just saying).

Even though the Nitro's remained hot on the powerplay, scoring their only goal of the game on the PP, and pulled their goalie with just over two minutes left, they were unable to beat Logan-Hill at the same pace they have before. The Nitro's took almost as many shots on Logan-Hill in the second period as the Ghostriders had on Mousseau throughout the game.

The Nitro's Player of the Game was Tyler Garcia. He had an assist in the game, and was a physical force on offence. Hitting players while on the attack and charging towards the net.

As the series shifts to game #4 in Fernie, the Dynamiters have a chance to take a 3-1 series lead and finish the series at home on Monday. Go Nitro's!