Rookie Game - Live Blog

Kindersley defeated Battlefords 8-3 in the annual rookie game Monday in Eston. Here's the game blog:

l7:31: Justin Lund of the Stars gets called for the first penalty, and a scrum ensues in the neutral zone. You can tell this isn't an intra-squad game... tons of noise in this building.

7:33: Klippers get the first goal. Cody Thiel tucks a rebound glove side on the PP.

7:38: Klippers back to the PP after Jeff Olson was on the receiving end of a cheap shot along the boards.

7:41: Thiel strikes again! Pinching again, he takes a beaut of a cross-slot pass and bangs it home. Klips lead 2-0 and lead the shots 7-1.

7:42: Shofner fans on a partial breakaway. Could have made a case for a penalty shot though.

7:43: I've been told a few of the numbers on tonight's roster sheet are incorrect, so there might be the odd error with these names.

7:44: Blake Young breaks down the left side and beats Justin McDonald with a short side wrister. 2-1.

7:44: Kiley Long gets it right back. That Klipper bench is wired.

7:47: Joel Blacquiere gets hauled down on a breakaway by Bosovich. Penalty shot coming up... and he completely undresses McDonald. That's some dangling right there. Klips lead 3-2.

7:49: Pearce Gourley is a pinball out there. If you ask me, his spot on this team is all but sewn up.

7:55: The Martensville boys, Bosovich and Shofner, were on a 2-on-1. I don't think Bosovich knew his buddy was there. Easy stop for Montour.

7:59: Klippers are on the PK but that doesn't stop Olson from sniping a wrister past Montour on a breakaway counter.

8:01: After 20 minutes, Klips lead 4-2 with a 13-3 shots edge.

8:25: Ryan McBride mixing it up in front of the Stars net. He's got a great shot at playing for the Klippers next year.

8:28: Klippers #19 (not on the roster) dings the loudest post I've ever heard, and Colby Daniels snaps a wrister over Montour's right shoulder moments later. Klips lead 5-2.

8:30: Brayden Serafini gets it right back for the Stars, jamming one past McDonald's right pad.

8:31: Jeff Olson just knocked goaltender Montour into next week! Montour got up somehow, and Olson didn't get called.

8:32: Bosovich beats Montour to make it 6-3 midway through the second. Game's getting chippy. Lots of hits.

8:33: Daniels nearly got another one. Just glanced off Montour's glove shoulder off a breakaway.tttyt

8:36: Jeff Bartel just got decked at the blueline. He's taking some abuse tonight. Meanwhile, the more I see Cody Thiel, the more I like him. I can definitely see him cracking this team if he wants to forego his last year of midget.

8:38: McBride just rang one off the left post. Patrick Johnson and Blair Mahon are now in goal.

8:44: Correction - Montour STILL in goal.

8:46: Brett Blatz just challenged Serafini and the North Star backed away. Great fight. LOL

8:49: Webb stabbed at the puck when he shouldn't have, gave up a breakaway to #27 (not on roster) but Johnson stopped him.

8:50: Klips lead 6-3 after 40. Shots are 27-13. The third will start with 4-on-4.

9:11: Three minutes into the third. My battery is about to die. Twitter it is... again. Bosovich just made a SWEET dangle at the Stars blueline.

9:12: Colby Daniels has been one of the most impressive players in white tonight.

9:18: Bosovich and Penner score back-to-back.

9:21: With under a minute left, Serafini went after Blatz. They were quickly separated by a linesman. Serafini was tossed and he was giving it to the fans on his way off the ice. When he got there... he couldn't open the door! Here's this guy yapping at the fans, then he takes 15 seconds to open this stupid door while everyone's laughing at him. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen at a hockey game.