Riels 6 vs Railer Express 2  Tues. January 21, 2014

FIRST PERIOD

Artur Raevskiy kept his hot streak alive early in the contest at 1:34 when he snapped a nice high shot that beat Express net minder Jerret Smith to take an early lead 1-0 with an assist going to Brett Charette.   Riels captain Michael Gorrie scored on a beautiful 3 way passing play.  It was Michiels gaining the zone deep cycling the puck to Young, then Young finding Gorrie in the slot, a one-timer snipe for his 24^th of the season to make it 2-0 Riels at the 8:34 mark.

The Express on the power play at 11:21, Justin Pokrant scored his 6^th of the season beating Riels goalie Ryan Brown with help coming from Greg Myall and Tango Yestrau.  That’s how the first period ended 2-1 Riels with Riels outshooting the Express 10-8.

SECOND PERIOD

Only one goal to be recorded in the second frame.  It came off the stick of Russell Trudeau, his 30^th of the season at 17:02 with assists coming from Jens Giesbrecht and Brett Charette.  Riels outshot the Express 12-8 and had a 3-1 lead after two periods.  Riels killed off two power play chances for the Express.

THIRD PERIOD

It was all newcomer Matt Wilson in the thirds.  He scored his 1^st goal as a Riel at 1:52 mark when he buried the puck up high past Express goalie Smith with assists coming from Chris Prejet and Sean Christensen.

Again, Matt Wilson blasted a puck high in the slot (top cheddar), his second of the evening at 9:53 with assists coming from Mike Riffel and Artur Raevskiy.  That made it 5-1 Riels.

The Express got one back late at 16:17 when Brody Anthony beat Riels goalie Ryan Brown with assists coming from Isaac Bellan and Stephane Catellier.  In the third period at 17:16, Artur Raevskiy scored a nice goal his 8^th of the season with assists coming from Matt Wilson and Chris Prejet.  That’s how it all went down 6-2 Riels.  Riels outshot the Express in the third 14-6 and 35-22 overall.

THREE STARS

    1^st  Star – Matt Wilson

    2^nd Star – Artur Raevskiy

    3^rd Star – Chris Prejet