Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The flukiest fluke you'll ever fluking see

The best script writers in Hollywood would never come up with this, mainly because they wouldn't want to.

After the Klippers came back from a 4-2 deficit with goals three minutes apart midway through the third, they lost it all a nanosecond before the buzzer.

Just as everyone in the rink was getting ready for overtime, Ben Findlay came over the blueline, on the left, on a 2-on-2. Dustin Nickel came out to cut off the angle, and Findlay's shot missed the left post by a long shot. As Nickel was moving back into the crease, the puck ricocheted off the boards, hit him somewhere on the back of his body and trickled over the goal line for a 5-4 Estevan win.

Personally, I couldn't tell if it had crossed the line in time. If this was the NHL, they would have gone upstairs and determined the exact time of the goal. With that option not available, the goal stood and the Klippers dragged themselves off the ice with nothing instead of a point or possibly two.

Someone told me after the game that the Bruins were offside on the play. With less than three seconds left, I certainly wasn't watching for that and I doubt many were.

The funny thing is I was talking to Casey Rogers after the game and he said the same thing happened to his Corpus Christi team earlier this year, except in overtime. And this kind of goal does happen from time to time, but I have never seen it with one second left in regulation, or anything even close.

It was too bad for Nickel because he played a solid game and didn't have a chance on at least three of the goals. The Bruins were sharpshooters tonight, led by defender Ty Ariss, who scored two goals on absolute bombs from the point.

Hoffman, McGrath, Mysiorek and Duzan scored for the Klippers.

Bump of the game: John Sonntag
Three Stars: 1. Ty Ariss, 2. Joel Danyluk, 3. Jordon Hoffman

I'll have interviews with Larry Wintoneak and Sean Flanagan up hopefully tonight.

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