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Originally Posted by Freeway
Excellent game tonight between the Hitmen and Prince Albert. Morrissey had three points, the Hitmen gave up three power-play goals, but Mack Shields was very good. Hitmen scored in last minute to force OT, then lost via shootout. 5-4 final.
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Not withstanding the Hitmen's lack of discipline, Klein had a horrible game for a referee last night. I especially loved how, after Virtanen threw a couple big hits, he watched Roupp crosscheck, punch and rough Virtanen with no calls, then throws an instigator at Rissling when he came in to defend the kid, even though both players had the gloves off at the same time. That was the worst of a series of weak calls.
Speaking of instigators, I wouldn't be surprised if the coaches tore a strip off Kornelson for his idiotic instigator in overtime. That was a selfish penalty, even if he was trying to "defend" a teammate. As far as said teammate goes, I'm not yet sure why we have Padakin. He's got Blake Comeau's hands around the net and his defensive game is poor, to say the least. And he got crushed in that overtime last night because he tried to cut through the trolley tracks with his head down.