JLR wins the face-off against Burrows, but Kelowna pushing back hard like they have something to prove against the home crowd's echoing cheers.
Puck grabbed back by Kelowna in the neutral zone, watch out now Bergfalk setting herself up at the top of Halfiax's defensive zone with a high-point clapper, WHISTLES OFF LIKE A ROCKET --
MAGIC BLOCKER SAVE BY PEL, BUT THE PUCK'S STILL LIVE --
snatched by Wilson, who tries to go dirty with a post-hopping backhand --
Hooking called on Azarov to the dismay of a viciously vocal Halifax crowd,
Code:
11:40 of 1st period - Minor Penalty to Solaire Azarov for Hooking.
and Otto muscles Reflieux off the puck to start of a powerplay in the Halifax defensive-zone, and boy, those Knights waste no time now --
FAST ONE-TIMER BY BERGFALK FLYING LOW --
-- off the leg-pad of Pel, only to be collected by Sorensen, who doesn't have a shot but doesn't care and hammers one right at Pel--
-- bounces off the helmet of the Halfiax keeper who's blinking like her clock's just been cleaned, and Leclerc tries to fight his way to the puck in the crease to clear it but oh
Iqbal winning the face-off tilt against JLR in in the neutral zone, but puck is deftly cut on a pass by Raiders Captain Pietra Volkova, who's speeding her way solo into the Knight's zone now --
-- Bergfalk swipes at her with her long-reaching stick, but Volkova is just too fast and it's just her and Aittokallio now, faced with his first test of the game --
Volkova dekes -- Aittokalio leans with it, and she spins to roof it high to his undercomitted side, can she --
NO! AITTOKALLIO WITH A BEASTLY GLOVE SAVE!
And that about rounds it out for this first period here this afternoon.
Shots for this period are 10 for Kelowna Knights vs 3 for Halifax Raiders.
Let's see if someone was able to shake Halifax into shooting this period, as the teams are returning to the ice now, the score presently unfavorable for the home team turns itself around this period!
Laing the victor, as she shoves a fairly surprised Otto off the puck and off balance long enough for Kaiser to come in and put the biscuit into play.
First four minutes of play here has Halifax grinding aggressively against the wall of Kelowna's defense, Aittokallio called on to make four saves before the tides finally turn in the Knight's favor on the ice.
Iqbal loses the puck to JLR here in the Halfiax zone, but --
-- Adriana Starosta coming out of seemingly nowhere now, shuttles the puck with a deft stick-lift and barrels down the ice towards Pel, only Banning to beat now --
Banning makes her play and sticks ahead of her, but -- WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PASS OFF BANNING'S SKATE, DID HE EVEN SEE HER DO IT? SHE'S BEHIND BANNING NOW, PEL'S COMING OUT TO MEET HER --
Halifax now hammering away at Kelowna's front door, but nothing make it through Aittokallio and his defense. Burrow's pushing Kaiser off the prone form of Aittokallio off the Raider's last offensive play, but Kaiser doesn't take kindly to where Burrow's putting his hands, and after a couple of failed attempts to hug and make-up, the refs are sending a steamed Kaiser off to cook in the sin bin for two minutes.
Code:
12:25 of 2nd period - Minor Penalty to Isaac Kaiser for Roughing.
Kelowna tries:
Code:
12:43 of 2nd period - Shot by Eibhear Sorenson.
12:43 of 2nd period - Stopped by Georgette Pel without a rebound.
12:44 of 2nd period - Samee Iqbal wins face-off versus Alex Reed in Halifax Raiders zone.
13:18 of 2nd period - Icing by Samee Iqbal.
14:22 of 2nd period - Shot by Michael Burrows.
14:22 of 2nd period - Stopped by Georgette Pel without a rebound.
14:34 of 2nd period - Shot by Michael Burrows.
14:34 of 2nd period - Stopped by Georgette Pel with a rebound.
A flurry of activity in the Halifax crease now, as a bad bounce off the edge of Pel's glove has sent Kelowna into full scramble mode --
Sorenson with a sick wrister from the near slot -- misses the net,
but it's netted by Iqbal who tries for a soft tap once -- OFF THE POST BUT RIGHT BACK AT HIM, TWICE -- and he sends it wildly off-course and wide this time around --
picked up by Alex Light with no resistance, as Halifax's squad seems to be too busy playing rock-paper-scissors over by the bench to figure out who to send in to be a human pinata for this onslaught of shooting in the crease --