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After a 9-2 trouncing of the Mission Icebreakers on Thursday night, the Sockeyes find themselves in First place.
Coming into the game the Sockeyes trailed the Delta Ice Hawks by one point in the tough Tom Shaw Conference. But the thanks to some exciting offence and line changes by head Coach Judd Lambert the Sockeyes absolutely dominated this game.
Goaltender Devin Nijjer got the start for the fish and in this game he didn't really have to stand on his head. Because the Icebreakers offence showed spurts of energy but for the most part just couldn't generate any sustained pressure.
The First period started out very well as Mitchell Smith scored at the 2:37 mark as Kyzen Loo sent a beautiful pass to him. Smith was streaking to the net and ripped it low on Michael Barr. The offence just kept going as two more goals were added by the Sockeyes as Patrick Hunter and Sebastien Pare tallied. Mission ended the period well when they scored with just two seconds left, thanks to Trevor Schmidt who just forced the puck up and over Nijjer's pad.
Dustin and Aaron alluded to it in the 1st intermission that for the Icebreakers to comeback they would need a quick goal, and they got it just 1:40 into the period. A beautiful move by Daniel Higgs who deked around a Sockeyes defenceman and roofed it under the bar to make it a one goal game. But unfortunately for Mission that would be the last of their offence. Sockeyes would score four unanswered goals in the second including two power play goals. Goals were scored by Chichak(pp), Low, Pare and Wiebe(pp). Sebastien Pare's goal was caused by a beautiful as Aaron called it "sweet apple sauce" saucer pass to Pare from Kyzen Loo. That goal would chase Michael Barr as he was replaced by Lucas Simpson who did not fair much better. Despite the early scare in the second the Sockeyes were just relentless in that period to lead 7-2.
The final 20 minutes were fairly slow as both teams just tried to let the clock wind down. But before it ended the Sockeyes would get two goals, with Chichak and Popoff giving the Sockeyes an important 9-2 victory.
It was a offensive flurry for as there were 9 players from the Sockeyes with 2 or more points, including Pare with 2 goals and an assist. Jessie Siemens and Drew Spencer had 3 assists a piece. Devin Nijjer finished the game with 12 saves on 14 shots for his 8th win this season.
The Sockeyes next game is at the Burnaby Winter Club as they will face the Grandview Steelers this Sunday. Next home games is December 23rd when the Ridge Meadow Flames will come to town. It will be a chance for redemption as the last game played between the two teams was a 3-2 Flames victory.
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