In a tenacious battle in Duncan tonight, the Grizzlies would win a see-saw battle against the Caps in double OT; after a Chase Kaiser penalty shot would seal the deal. Huge victory especially against a Caps team who are aggressive, have two solid goaltenders and three lines that can cause a lot of problem and have for the Grizzlies this season.
This was a great advertisement for BCHL tonight.
1st period: A minute into the game, the Caps would score with a controversial goal, as it looked like Jamie Tucker was pushed over in the ruckus around his net and Brandon Mistel would whack it in. The Grizzlies had there game faces on, but, the Caps would keep coming at Victoria and after some nice play in the Grizzlies zone and good puck movement by David Pope would make it 2-0 Caps. Two minutes later the Grizzlies tried to regroup,but, where caught off guard again as Travis Stephens after some nice work from young Steen Cooper would make it a commanding 3 goal lead for the Caps. Scott Didmon and colour analyst Dan Webb, would be forgiven on their comments that this could turn into a long night for the boys at that point.
The Grizzlies on the PP, would claw one back after a pinpoint pass from Bilious to Myron would see Wes, set up Murphy to put the Grizzlies on the board. Murphy would keep his 22 point consecutive game scoring streak alive with this goal.
Caps would go in 3-1 at the 1st intermission.
2nd Period: The Cap and Grizzlies would exchange shots at the start of the 2nd, but, it was the Grizzlies roared on by the rambunctious travelling support would see a nice tic-tack-toe play from Murphy and Myron, with Myron scoring the Grizzlies 2nd. The Caps would storm back with dangerman Brandon Mistal restoring the Caps two goal lead on the 7 minute work after nice work from Pope and Iacobellis. David Pope, is certainly making an impression on the league and this would be his 2nd point of the game. However, the Grizzlies heads wouldn't go down and the first line would start to target the Caps and Wade Murphy would beat Caps goalie Brady Rouleau with assists from Kasier and Ursic. Victoria, up against one of the better Caps team in recent years, would stun the home team as Sean Robertson scored short handed after a forced turn over on a Caps forward, by Mike Sandor, picked out Moran who enabled Robertson to score and tie the game at 4-4.
3rd Period:The Caps who are well worth there 12 wins on the season so far, would score six minutes in; as the hardworking Nanaimo native Mikael Jung(younger brother of goalie Torrie Jung)would square the puck to Keyler Bruce, who has had a great sophomore season with the Caps so far. This would send the Caps fans into ecstasy as Keyler, would give the Duncan side a 5-4 league. A heart pounding third period and a ton of Grizzlies pressure would be rewarded when Taylor Pernerwoski who has been stellar in the month of November, would strike the Caps post. After Murphy took a shot, it would rebound and land on Taylor's stick who would bury it by Rouleau to make it a 5-5 sending, the game into overtime.
Man, could you ever hear those travelling fans at that point!!!!!!!
OT(1st) - 4 on 4: With both sets of fans on the edge of their seats and watching what Junior A hockey is all about, the Caps would catch there 2nd wind causing the Grizzlies some issue. With the teams exchanging opportunities, Cowichan was awarded a penalty when one of their forwards(Mistal I think, I could be wrong) was tripped by Sean Robertson who may have done the right thing with the Caps forward, likely in on goal at that point. The Grizzlies down to 3 players would survive the powerplay and make it to the 2nd OT period.
OT(2nd) - 3 on 3: 3 on 3 is always adrenaline filled and nerve wracking. The winner is usually the team who wants it more and can keep hold of the puck. Another big factor to 3 on 3 OT hockey is "don't give away a penalty" in double OT as this leads to an automatic penalty shot. And that's exactly how it would be decided as Taylor Pernerowski would be tripped up by David London. With the penalty shot awarded by Ref Rasmussen, former Cowichan Valley favorite Chase Kaiser would take the bull by the horns, keep his cool and score the penalty shot to beat Rouleau; making it a stunning 6-5 Victoria Grizzlies victory.
Game Thoughts Victoria: Great performance, especially against an inform Cowichan side who have been a tough nut to crack for Victoria so far this season. Two wins in a row, great performances from the Grizzlies Ontario posse of Gehl and Pernerowski adding to that it was Myron's sixth point in two games and Murphys sixth point in two games including Wade's point streak increasing to 22 games. This weekend should be another shot across the bow to the Grizzlies, Coastal Conference rivals. This victory puts the Grizzlies a game over the .500 mark with 26 points and just two points off the pace(still a few extra games played then the rest of the division though at this time).
Great game, great broadcast and the usual loud Grizzlies travelling support.
Attendance at Island Savings Centre: 1062 Powerplays: Cowichan 0 for 5 and Victoria 2 for 5
Shots on Goal: Cowichan 21 and Victoria 27
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| Hero of the hour, Chase Kaiser |
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