BOURGEOIS' BOUT SHIFTS SERIES MOMENTUM
You'll have a tough time convincing the fans at the Olds Sports Complex that fighting doesn't belong in the game.
This after Nic Bourgeois single-handedly shifted the momentum of Game 2 - and perhaps the entire first round series - between the Olds Grizzlys and the Drumheller Dragons in the 2nd period of last night's contest.
His team trailing 2-0 on the scoreboard and down a game in the series Bourgeois went looking for a scrap and found a willing combatant in Drumheller defenseman Colten Hayes.
Despite almost a foot disadvantage, the 5'8'' Bourgeois delivered a fight winning sequence of rights and lefts to the 6'2'' Hayes, who, in Game 1 had laid a relatively one-sided beating to Ryan Cornforth and who had also sent Shadoe Stoodley to the I-R in a fight during the regular season.
The fight sent the fans to their feet and the Grizzlys on a scoring surge as not :45 seconds later Corey Campbell would get Olds on the board for the first time, then again less than 3 and half minutes after that Brance Orban would score to tie the game.
Jordan Kwas would score the third for the Grizz while Orban would score another - putting the Olds Grizzlys up 4-2 heading into the 3rd, where Grizzlys' netminder Marc Boulanger would be the story.
Boulanger made 11 of his 33 saves in the third, several of which came in the last 2 and half minutes of the game when already short-handed the Grizzlys killed off a 6 on 4 Drumheller man-advantage with the Dragon's net empty, helping Olds tie the series at a game a piece with a 4-2 win.
After the game Jordan Kwas, who's 2 period goal would stand up as the winner, was asked about Bourgeois' game changing tilt with Hayes.
"That's the TSN turning point, probably even the playoff turning point," Kwas said, "You get a guy [Bourgeois] like that to change the momentum in the game and it worked out great for us."
The Grizzlys will now have to re-focus and perhaps purchase several pairs of ear-plugs as the series now shifts to the "Cow-Bell Crazy" Drumheller Memorial Arena for games 3 and 4.
GAME NOTES
Brance Orban also added 2 helpers to his pair of goals, giving him 5 points in the playoffs, which at post time lead the AJHL in that category. Grizzlys Goalie Marc Boulanger rebounded from poor preformance in game 1 (Sv% .827) with a much better outing in game 2 (Sv% .942). Rookie netminder for Drumheller Braden Gambel did not fair near as well as he did in game 1 (Sv% .959) - struggling with rebound controll in game 2 (Sv% .875). The Grizzlys went 2 for 6 with the Power Play, Drumheller went oh for 4. Cody Rainaldi and Jeff Young scored the goals for Drumheller.
SCORING SUMMARY
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GAMES ONE AND TWO DONE AND DONE IN SOUTH DIVISION.
Okotoks Oilers Vs. Canmore Eagles
Okotoks Wins Game #1 - 3-1
Okotoks Wins Game #2 - 5-0
Failing to Score on the Power Play may be the downfall of the Canmore Eagles in this series. The Eagles have gone 0 for 16 so far.
Camrose Kodiaks Vs. Calgary Canucks
Camrose Wins Game #1 - 3-2 OT
Camrose Wins Game #2 - 4-3 OT
These 2 teams just may exhaust each other to the point of no-return. Two games end in OT - but in the end the two heroes were wearing Kodiak Jerseys. Cam Dion in Game 1 and Kyle Miller in Game 2.
Boulanger made 11 of his 33 saves in the third, several of which came in the last 2 and half minutes of the game when already short-handed the Grizzlys killed off a 6 on 4 Drumheller man-advantage with the Dragon's net empty, helping Olds tie the series at a game a piece with a 4-2 win.
After the game Jordan Kwas, who's 2 period goal would stand up as the winner, was asked about Bourgeois' game changing tilt with Hayes.
"That's the TSN turning point, probably even the playoff turning point," Kwas said, "You get a guy [Bourgeois] like that to change the momentum in the game and it worked out great for us."
The Grizzlys will now have to re-focus and perhaps purchase several pairs of ear-plugs as the series now shifts to the "Cow-Bell Crazy" Drumheller Memorial Arena for games 3 and 4.
GAME NOTES
Brance Orban also added 2 helpers to his pair of goals, giving him 5 points in the playoffs, which at post time lead the AJHL in that category. Grizzlys Goalie Marc Boulanger rebounded from poor preformance in game 1 (Sv% .827) with a much better outing in game 2 (Sv% .942). Rookie netminder for Drumheller Braden Gambel did not fair near as well as he did in game 1 (Sv% .959) - struggling with rebound controll in game 2 (Sv% .875). The Grizzlys went 2 for 6 with the Power Play, Drumheller went oh for 4. Cody Rainaldi and Jeff Young scored the goals for Drumheller.
SCORING SUMMARY
| PERIOD 1 |
| Drumheller Dragons at 17:44 - Cody Rainaldi from Patrick Bartoshyk |
| PERIOD 2 |
| Drumheller Dragons at 5:08 - Jeff Young from Tyler Matthews and Robert Nocera |
| Olds Grizzlys at 5:59 - Corey Campbell from Brance Orban and Jordan Kwas |
| Olds Grizzlys at 8:12 (PP) - Brance Orban from Curtis deBruyn and Frank Carbonaro |
| Olds Grizzlys at 14:47 (PP) - Jordan Kwas from Curtis deBruyn and Brance Orban |
| Olds Grizzlys at 18:08 - Brance Orban from Jordan Kwas and Ben Wilson |
| PERIOD 3 |
| No Scoring |
GAMES ONE AND TWO DONE AND DONE IN SOUTH DIVISION.Okotoks Oilers Vs. Canmore Eagles
Okotoks Wins Game #1 - 3-1
Okotoks Wins Game #2 - 5-0
Failing to Score on the Power Play may be the downfall of the Canmore Eagles in this series. The Eagles have gone 0 for 16 so far.
Camrose Kodiaks Vs. Calgary Canucks
Camrose Wins Game #1 - 3-2 OT
Camrose Wins Game #2 - 4-3 OT
These 2 teams just may exhaust each other to the point of no-return. Two games end in OT - but in the end the two heroes were wearing Kodiak Jerseys. Cam Dion in Game 1 and Kyle Miller in Game 2.
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