Creston Valley scores 4 unanswered goals to beat Dynamiters 4-3

Kimberley played their first mid-week game of the season, and despite having an early lead they lost the game in OT to Creston Valley. This game was heated, had heavy hitting, with a dash of controversy.

1st

Jason Richter continues to light it up on the power play when he tipped in the first goal of the game. Klingspohn continues his hot streak and scored the other two goals for the Nitro's, Prevost and Buckley were in on his two tallies. The Cats put one on the board before the period was out, and outshot the Dynamiters 15-12.

2nd

Creston Valley continued to pepper Brouwer, outshooting the Dynamiters 13-6 in the period. They also leveled the scores with two quick goals in the period.

3rd

And then things got ugly. Buckley and Steger got after each other and received coincidental minors. Not even 15 seconds later Fuchs boarded Marchi, Marchi took exception and both dropped the gloves (Marchi continues to play in this new role of leading the team in PIM). The two of them were suspended for the rest of the game. And as if that wasn't enough, Prevost got crunched into the boards  by Berger (is that another boarding call? Either the Cats are getting careless or are out there to injure). Prevost laid there on the ice while Busch came to avenge him. Busch was sent to the dressing room, and so was Berger. The Cats out shot the Dynamiters again 13-10. And this game, full of bad blood, was being sent to OT.

OT

Neither team was able to resolve things during the 4-on-4 OT period. It then went to 3-on-3. And then things got even worse. Mazur came charging in on a break, tried to do a fancy stick drag while using his body to displace Brouwer from the net, he also partially landed on him, and slid the puck in. And for the second away game in a row, the Dynamiters lost by having their goalie crashed into. This time Brouwer didn't get up. He was sprawled in pain on the ice while the Cats celebrated their victory. Needless to say, the team, fans, and parents were ticked off by this goal. The KIJHL set a precedent at the start of the season when a non-injury causing collision between a Nitro's player and an opposing teams goalie led to a three game suspension. There have been no in game calls for goalie interference when our goalie has been run over, and there has been no league discipline. When you look at how many times the Cats were penalized for boarding in this game, and then they injured our goalie by running him, that is careless undisciplined play that has yet to be disciplined. To make matters worse, the KIJHL named Mazur as the "Who's hot in the KI' player for his heroics of taking down a goalie to score the OT winner. I am not impressed.

Nitro's Player of the Game

Tyson Klingspohn - or Klings-BOURNE as pronounced by the Creston webcast. He scored two goals, and had an assist on the other.

Honorable Mentions

Tyson Brouwer - stopped 40 of 44 shots.

Jordan Busch - Solid play in his end, and his heroics for protecting Prevost.

Further Readings

Boxscore

League Discipline (as of 12noon MST, there has been no discipline posted, but it is believed Marchi and Busch may end up on that list)

Taylor Rocca's write up