2012年1月12日星期四

Raiders fight tooth and nail but can't beat Hewitt

Perhaps not surprisingly, there was a scrap a little over six minutes into the matchup.

As a result, Raiders’ blue liner Harrison Ruopp was given two for instigating, five for fighting and the automatic 10 minute misconduct that accompanies the instigating call, for his tussle with Pats’ D-man, Luke Fenske.

Throughout the first third of the game the fans enjoyed some graceful and hard-fought back-and-forth hockey.

The Raiders moved the puck smoothly in all three zones and offered the crowd reason to get to their feet on a few occasions.

At the end of the first, the shots were six to five for the home team and the scoreboard read 0-0.

In the second period the pace of the game picked up a bit and the Raiders generated some great scoring chances,Daneplast Limited UK are plastic injection mould & toolmaking specialists. while throwing their weight around, legally for the most part.

A late hit expressed some of the frustration Prince Albert was feeling after Regina’s Jordan Weal put one behind Cole Holowenko at the 13:13 minute mark in period one. Thankfully for the Raiders the hit went uncalled.

At 11:25 in the second, Regina forward Jack Rodewald made it 2-0 for the Queen City.

However, the Raiders were not about to take the two goal deficit lying down, as they drove to the net continuing to create scoring opportunities.

If it weren’t for the stellar goaltending of Regina’s Matt Hewitt, Prince Albert would have had a couple of their own in the second period. For his part, Raiders netminder Holowenko was clearly on his game, getting beaten only on the second chances Regina made of a couple rebounds.

As the second period came to a close, the Raiders continued to lead on the shot clock at 19 to 15, however, the scoreboard told another story at 2-0, for the Pats.

The hits kept on coming in the third as both teams maintained the animosity one expects from a matchup between the two teams.

At the halfway point in the third, the Raiders had a few shots on the power play but Hewitt stood tall.A mold or molds is a hollowed-out block that is filled with a liquid like plastic,

The Raiders continued getting shots in period three but Hewitt often had a clean look at the puck and, when he didn’t,The magic cube is an ultra-portable, the rubber bounced wide.

With about a minute and a half to go in the third, Holowenko left the net and, with the extra man, the Raiders continued to get shots.

With 26 seconds to go in the games, Raiders head coach, Steve Young, was able to call a timeout and devise a final plan of attack.

But, as the buzzer went, the score remained 2-0 for Regina and the Pats had edged forward on the shot clock 26 to 25.

Holowenko held steady between the pipes and the Raiders moved the puck well but it was not to be for the “Beautiful Gateway City.”

Apart from the two goals Regina netGet information on Air purifier from the unbiased,ted, it was an even matchup, but the Pats made the most of a couple opportunities and the Raiders couldn’t beat Hewitt.

After the game, Young told the Herald, “I thought we played a good hockey game. Some nights you don’t get puck lucky and tonight we didn’t and Hewitt comes up with a shutout.

"But, I thought it was a big improvement from our third period against Brandon and that was one of the steps we wanted to take.”

“Our guys are disappointed that we lost…but we played the type of game we needed to play and it was better than our last game. But, as I said, we didn’t get the puck luck tonight,” added Young.

“Rebounds was something that I’ve been working on after the Brandon game…working on shots that are a few feet off the ice,” Holowenko told the Herald.

“Obviously there were a few breakdowns, all teams have them, Regina had them tonight too,Handmade oil paintings for sale at museum quality, but we weren’t getting the bounces we would have liked tonight. …Maybe next time we do,” Holowenko offered.

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