It was an emotional night all around and the Klippers made sure the party continued well into the night with a 6-2 win over the Battlefords North Stars.
In front of a massive crowd and many of their parents, the Klippers got off to an early lead in their old/new digs and never looked back.
Attendance is listed at 916, but as far as I know the people who began counting lost track with so many events going on all day.
Andrew Dommett was in the house and he was announced as part of the starting line-up in a nice gesture. I talked to him during the first intermission and was very surprised to discover he can actually talk - a little bit. His presence tonight was a huge motivator for the Klippers.
Beau Taylor played on the top line again and he opened the scoring barely three minutes in, taking a pass from Johnny Calkins and beating Alex Sirard inside the right post. It was the first of a whopping five PP goals for the Klips.
Sanfred King put them up 2-0 at 7:23 when he hacked at a rebound that trickled through Sirard's pads. That was the only even strength goal the Klippers scored. King had a big night with three points.
The Stars struck at 15:30 when Blake Tatchell roofed a slick backhander over Scott Hellyer's glove from tight range.
John Sonntag restored the Klippers' two-goal lead nearly seven minutes into the second when his point shot found the back of the net.
The goal that seemed to crush Battlefords' spirit came with less than one second left in the second period. Braeden Adamyk scored his first of two on the night when he tipped a shot past Sirard.
Nathan Tomac made it 4-2 exactly three minutes into the third, beating Hellyer on a shot from the left circle. With under three to go, Adamyk scored glove side to put the game away. Taylor Duzan added the sixth goal with 1:17 left, finishing off a brilliant passing play with Calkins and Sean Flanagan, who had a very solid night after returning from Penticton.
The shots were 41-36 for Kindersley.
My three stars were 1. King, 2. Taylor and 3. Adamyk. There was some confusion in the booth and Kinger and Adamyk got switched, but it doesn't really matter.
The bump of the game, awarded for the biggest hit, went to Taylor Wasden. He crunched Brett Miller in the third period. Miller left the game and I don't believe he came back, although I could be wrong.
I'll try to get audio from Larry Wintoneak, Sanfred King, Braeden Adamyk and Klippers president Rod Perkins up tonight.
The Klippers were sporting their new home jerseys, with a dark green colour scheme and the KK logo on the front. They actually look a lot like the Minnesota Wild, without the red. I'll get some pics up when I can.
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