1st Period: Saw a well worked goal by Colantone (may have been tipped in by Gehl), saw the Grizzlies take a 1-0 lead. The Grizzlies kept Clips goalie Faust going, with Pears and Robertson feeding the forwards making for some nifty play that kept the Clippers D men on there toes
.Colantone, would certainly ensure he was on the score sheet this time beating the goalie for the Grizzlies 2nd goal of the game. David Walchuk, had an effective all be it, short night adding a nice hard shot that beat Faust making it 3-0. Walchuk, would give Clippers vet and top scorer from last season Andrew Gladiuk, a shock taking down the Clipper with some hard/quick punches and winning the bout.
2nd Period: Garrett Rockafellow although not tested to often would keep the Clippers blanked through the 2nd, with good postioning and a few confident saves. Gehl, would add a nice goal mid-way through the 2nd with a shot from a tight angle that banked in off Faust. The Grizzlies looked good on both the PP and PK quite often in the 2nd and most of the night.
16 yr old Brandon Taylor for the Clippers, skated hard whenver on shift,but, just couldn't seem to spark any life into Nanaimo. Ex Grizzlies defenceman Josh Bryan, was his usual calm under presssure self, making some nice checks on the Grizzlies forwards.
3rd Period: Was a scrappy affair with Rockafellow, making some nice saves and getting the shut out. The closest anyone came to scoring was a Taylor Pernerowski's shot that came off the pipes.
The gloves where dropped on a few occasions with Panichelli vs Woodyatt, De Jong vs Kramer and Pappas vs Neher having some good tilts towards the end.
All in all, a good display from the Grizzlies which will surely make the final cuts a little tougher on the coaching staff. A big improvement on last Saturday's hammering at the hands of Cowichan.
Not the night the Clippers where looking for,but, expect the Clippers to be a tough, organized outfit as the Mike Vandekamp era begins in the Harbour city.
Stand outs for the Grizzlies:
Garrett Rockafellow - Continued his fine preseason/training camp with the 18 yr old making the saves when needed, good postioning and confident play saw a well deserved shut out for Garrett tonight.
Brad Gehl - A steady influence on the ice who makes few mistakes and looks to have a knack of scoring goals. Not the fastest player you'll see, but, really sees the ice well and with his experinace and goalscoring touch at this level will be a big asset to the team this year.
Kevin Woodyatt - From training camp and throughout the preseason, Woodyatt has worked hard, stuck up for his teamates, been a steady influence at the back and has shown Grizzlies management he wants to wear a Victoria uniform. Theres nothing flashy about Kevin, but, if he makes the cut, should be a reliable hard-nosed Dman for the Grizz rearguard.
Nolan DeJong, Pears and Colantone played well tonight showing the depth this team may have for the start of the season.
Stand out for the Clippers:
Josh Bryan - Skilled Dman who controled the puck well all night and threw some nice checks.
Josh Phillips - Experinaced 20 yr former AJHL/OJHL Dman who stood his ground well tonight and should add experinaced to the Clippers defensive corp.
Line Ups--------Grizzlies------------ ---------------------Clippers----------------------
3. Pears 3. Bryan
4. Kemmler 4. Phillips
5. Woodyatt 7. Dahlen
6. Dejong 9. Gladiuk
8. Robertson 11. Cyr
11. Francis 14. Chinn
12. Colantone 15. Taylor
14. Paylor 17.Clarkson
15. Mitchell 18. McCormack
16. Gehl 19. Jaw
18. Pappas 20. Hunter
19. Godinho 21. Grabowski
20. Sandor 22. Kramer
21. Renner 23. Jamieson
22. Gordon 24. Neher
25. Fares 25. Holliday
26. Pernerowski 27. Panichelli
27. Walchuk 30. Faust
31. Tucker 41. Eiserman
1. Rockafellow
Great to be back in Sooke for this annual preseason games and as always an excellent event put on by the Rotary Club of Sooke.
Game Pics: Big Thanks to Tony for his usually batch of great pics:
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