Myles Stevens scored twice, leading the Swan Valley Stampeders to a 4-3 win in Portage in their first round MJHL playoff series.Stevens opened the scoring just 2:19, snapping a wrist shot over the glove of Jason Kasdorf. His second goal came :26 into the third, a deflection on the powerplay, which stood up as the winner.
I just looked back in my 2007-08 season book, and Game 1 of that series also saw Swan win 4-3 on the road, and Stevens also scored twice in that one!
Darcy Riddell and Chris Reimer also scored, while Cody Straker added two assists.
Jayme Janzen stopped 23/26 shots for the win.
Swan was 2/5 on the PP, Portage was 2/12. Seven of their chances came in the third period.
After the buzzer, when all the players were on the ice, a bit of a scrum ensued, and Stamps' Coach Dwayne Kirkup said on our postgame show suspensions could be pending. The latest I heard, and this isn't official, is both Kirkup and Portage Coach/GM Blake Spiller could be suspended for Game 2 (for not controlling their bench), and possibly one Stampeder player. I won't name names because the league will make it's ruling, I would assume in the next 24 hrs.
For the record, not one but TWO radio stations (GX94 / CFRY-Portage) broadcasted the game, and 1065 fans took in the game. That's a full house in that barn.
Game 2 is Sunday in Swan (7:15 / 7:30 on GX94).
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While calling the game in Portage, I was following the online scoring of the Yorkton/Melville game, hit 'Refresh,' and it said 4-1 Yorkton with about 4:30 left. Hit 'Refresh' again, and it was 4-4 going to overtime.
Melville scored three times in the last three minutes, and Matt Kinnunen scored on a short-handed breakaway just 1:33 into the extra frame to complete the comeback and the Mils lead the Best-of-Five 1-0.
Jordan Reeve scored two of Melville's three quick goals, while another defenseman, Tyson Newell had the other. Cody Gross scored early in the third, rounding out their 4-goal frame.
Yorkton was up 2-0 after one and 3-0 after two, getting two goals from Cody Zubko, the others from Ryan Griffiths and Drew McDermott.
For the record, the non-broadcasted game saw 659 fans turn out. A season-low for a Yorkton/Melville game. Okay I'm done!
Game 2 goes tonight (SAT) in Yorkton (7:15 / 7:30 on GX94).
5 comments:
There was not a great crowd likely due to team Canada game, but I predict those type of crowds if there is that type of officiating, especially for playoff hockey. Peters was playing unreal. The terriers gave up a big lead but could only handle so many 5 on 3s. Peters got hurt from a hard high shot, and that turned things as well. Tickets are too much for our family if we are to see officiating ruin games hopefully tonight is better, this agreed on from ourselves terriers fans and the Mils fan beside me.
everyone as home watching mens hockey on tv
I agree ticket prices are to high...but this is set by the league, which isn't right either.
Craig there was only 700 fans at the nonbroadcast game in Yorkton. Yeah what is going on with the refing even in the second game we killed off so m.any penaltys. Karius takes Zubko's head off and Zubko gets the penalty.
actually the game in Yorkton WAS on the radio.
And my point wasn't that radio puts MORE people in the seats... it's just not as big a factor as people make it... either you'll go or you won't, and if you'd like to but can't, you'll listen.
So there has been 2 terrible crowds, one on the radio, one was not, and there have been 1000+ crowds on/not on the radio in the regular season...
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