Klippers edge division rival in Dommett's return

You heard it all over the hallway from members of the Klippers after tonight's game: "we needed that win."

Indeed, tonight's 4-2 victory over the Weyburn Red Wings was a big one against a division opponent and coming after that disaster in the final second against Estevan on Wednesday.

As they have done often lately, the Klippers surrendered the first goal when Brock Appleyard scored on Alex Peck only 58 seconds in. But they answered barely two minutes later, with Casey Rogers getting his first SJHL tally on a sharp shot from the left point that went off the iron and in.

Rodney Cowie slipped a rebound past Peck at 7:54, one second after Taylor Duzan came out of the penalty box, and the 2-1 score stood for more than half the game.

After a bit of a sluggish second period from the Klippers, Duzan tied it with 45 seconds left in the frame.

The boxscore has zero shots on goal for Weyburn in the third period, 10 for Kindersley. I hadn't noticed that. If accurate, I'm not too surprised. The Klippers dominated the final frame.

The winning goal was part luck, part heads-up play. A high Weyburn clearing attempt up the middle hit Johnny Calkins in the chest, just inside the blueline. He tried to settle the puck down, but it was bouncing all over the place and his shot hit Mitch Kilgore's pad.

Braeden Adamyk scooped up the rebound in the corner, skated out along the right boards and unleashed a quick short side wrister that missed Kilgore's glove by maybe an inch. The shot caught the netminder off guard and gave Kindersley their first lead of the night.

The Klippers dominated the next few minutes, putting on all kinds of pressure, and finally Calkins sealed it when his shot from the neutral zone went off the blade of a Red Wing defender and into the empty net with 10 seconds left.

Kurt Leedahl made a key shot block to set up the EN, one period after being hurt on a high stick to the face. He did not miss a shift.

Cody Lund got drilled into the end boards from behind by Lucas Ulmer with 2:09 left in the first period. He stayed down for a couple of minutes but was able to return in the second. Ulmer got two and a game.

Andrew Dommett was eased back in tonight, getting the odd shift early and playing more as the game went on. He had many chances, including a partial breakaway when he shot into Kilgore's chest and another where he was sitting backdoor and Kilgore did a good job to get across and make the stop.

Dommett mixed it up a little and didn't look bad at all for his first game back.

Should also mention that this is the annual Parents Weekend and the boys put on a good show for their moms and dads. It was nice to talk to a few familiar faces after the game.

Here's Dommett speaking about his first game in exactly two months.

Jesse Mysiorek had another big game tonight, banging bodies, creating chances and picking up an assist.

Larry talks about getting the win, how big it was to have Dommett back in the line-up, the play of Alex Peck, and some impending roster moves to cut down from 25 players before Dec. 1.