It was a start to forget for the Kindersley Sr. Klippers, as the Macklin Mohawks came into the WCEC and scored early and often. The barrage started with Carson Picket scoring on the powerplay to put the Mohawks up by one. Then just 28 seconds later, Jared Hillis doubled the lead to two. The Sr. Klippers then went to the powerplay, but still could not get anything going, and with 16:25 left in the opening period Hunter Steinhubel scored shorthanded to extend the lead to three. The powerplay did continue for Kindersley and Jessey Pocock scored on a nice setup by Kyle Donaldson to get within two with 15:32 left to play in a high scoring first five minutes. Macklin got their fourth goal halfway through the first by captain Cody McKinnon. The Sr. Klippers answered back a few minutes later as Darian Dziurzynski scored on a nice setup from brother David to get back within two of Macklin. But Macklin got a late powerplay and took advantage of it. McKinnon got his second of the period, to extend the lead back to three with just 32 seconds remaining in the first.
After 1 Sr. Klippers 2- 5 Mohawks, shots 19-12 Mohawks
The second period started off poorly once again for the Sr. Klippers, as Spencer Bast scored in the first minute to extend the lead to four for Macklin. Then the Sr. Klippers got their first real push in the game. Troy Boisjoli scored with 15:53 left in the period, and big Steve MacIntyre scored just 58 seconds later to get within two of the Mohawks. However, Macklin got another powerplay and McKinnon completed his hat trick to extend the lead back to three with 12:05 left in the second. Macklin then increased their lead to four, as Jared Hillis scored with 6:02 remaining in the second. That's the way it stayed heading into the locker room.
After 2 Sr. Klippers 4- 8 Mohawks, shots 15-8 Klippers, 27-27 overall
The third period saw little scoring, but lots of tenacity and rough play. It all started with the Mohawks drawing a goaltender interference call with 14:34 left, and then the frustrated Sr. Klippers took some penalties for the majority of the period. They did score with 10:30 left, as Brandon Cummings jammed in a rebound to decrease the deficit to three. Kindersley then took back to back minors, to go down by two men. Macklin could not take advantage, however, some precious time ran off the clock for the Sr. Klippers. Then late in the third, McKinnon got his fourth for the Mohawks on the powerplay once again, to ice the four goal victory for Macklin.
FINAL: Sr. Klippers 5 - 9 Mohawks, shots 16-8 Mohawks in the period, 43-35 Mohawks overall
Thu, Apr 25, 9:30 AM
