Game Notes
- The game was played in Canal Flats, timing was great, as the sawmill just closed. It felt like a great community service.
- Brouwer started the game against McKay (that's three starts in a row for Brouwer).
- Both teams were 8-2 coming into this game
- Attendance is listed as zero. Felt like 100 people were in attendance.
- Brodie Buhler was suspended
- Langelaar was playing forward
1st
The Dynamiters opened the scoring early as Haase skated out from behind the net into the slot. 1-0 Nitro's 27 seconds in. Kimberley then got a 5-on-4; 5-on-3 back to 5-on-4 PP, but failed to capitalize on the smaller ice surface, giving up their PP when Doell was penalized. It was then 4-on-4 for a short period of time. As the period went on, it was a give a hit, take a hit feel. As the midway point approached, the Rockies tied the game. Morey was penalized back-to-back, and on both chances the Rockies scored, giving themselves a 3-1 lead. As the period drew to an end, Buckley was being bear hugged, Buckley was even raising his hands to show how onesided the hug was. The linesmen still did not separate the two of them, so Buckley then spun the Rockies player to the ice. After all was said and done, Kimberley got a PP with 4 seconds left. Shots were 16-7 for Kimberley at the end of the period.
Campanella left the game after the period.
2nd
The Nitro's started the period on the PP, but struggled to solve the Rockies PK. Kimberley was then penalized again, two times in a row. Which Kimberley killed successfully. Richter then got the Dynamiters within one, assist to Doell. Then Farmer took a pretty feed from Moser, and he stick handled around the goalie to tie the game. Then the cheering from both sides began to increase. Little "fan battles" for chants and waving signs increased. Meier then snuck in from the point and gave the Dynamiters a 4-3 lead. After the goal, the parade to the penalty box continued as this official was calling every single minor infraction (emphasized the minor for later). Richter drew a head contact penalty as he was drilled into the ice (he spontaneously played after that moment). The period ended 4-3, Kimberley scoring three unanswered goals. Kimberley also led in shots 20-12.
3rd
In a weird play, Kimberley received a double minor. The whistle had blown and a Rockies player continued towards and cross-checked Purdy, which Purdy responded by shoving the player down, and Purdy was penalized. The Rockies then had a 5-on-3 for a full two minutes. They capitalized. What was weird was that after St. Jean scored, he and Meier swapped sticks. Somehow during the play they must have lost sticks and grabbed the others stick, which ironically means that St. Jean scored a goal using Meier's stick (weird). A couple of minutes later Tyler van Steinburg got the Dynamiters back ahead. Then a classic #BecauseItsBuckley moment, he was creamed into the boards, down on the ice, blood coming from his forehead, but no penalty was called. He had to leave the game to be treated, which he left a trail of blood on the ice as he left. You can just imagine the reaction from the Nitro's bench. After all that emotion, the Nitro's were vulnerable and the Rockies tied the game. It felt like this game was headed to OT. The Rockies had a chance when Brouwer lost the puck, if the Rockies player would have tapped the puck instead of swatting it, they would have won the game, but instead the puck fluttered over the net. Then in the dying minute, there was a scramble play, the puck crossed the line (as noted by the upstairs observeres), the goal light went on, then the net came off, and the ref waved off the goal. Looked like OT. But then, Marchi, with the buzzer beater as he skated from the face-off circle into the slot and scored the game winner with 0.1 seconds on the clock! Elation by all Nitro's fans!! Shots this period were an even 12-all.
Dynamite Player of the Game
Jared Marchi - 1G 1A, clutch. KIJHL player of the game.
Honorable Mentions
Kenaan Haase - 1G 2A
James Farmer - 1G 1A
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