Riels 7 vs Canucks 2  Sun. Mar. 2, 2014
 

FIRST PERIOD

Riels came out strong in the first drop of the puck when veteran forward Glen Young scored at 2:07, his 18th of the season with help from Brian Michiels and Ryan Wilgosh.  Twenty-nine seconds later, captain Michael Gorrie potted his 27th of the season with assists coming from Sean Christensen and Glen Young at 2:36.

Canucks veteran forward Cam Fehr scored at 5:08 with assists from Antonyshen and Takatch to cut the lead 2-1 Riels.  The Riels took advantage on the power play when Chris Prejet finished off a nice play with assists coming from Michael Gorrie and Sean Christensen at 9:38.  That’s how the first period would end 3-1 Riels and shots on goal were 17-12 Riels.

SECOND PERIOD
The Riels had a couple of power play chances early in the second to really put the Canucks away but failed to put one past Canucks net minder Kurtis Brakel.  Canucks killed off the penalties, that at 13:10, Jesse Antonyshen on a break away beat Riels goalie Kyle Vandemosselaer, cutting the Riels lead 3-2 with assists from McDonald and Miller.  Riels league top scorer Brett Charette found the mesh for his 27th of the season and 89th point with help from Brian Dies and Stanislav Izvekov at 17:03.  The lead was back to 4-2 Riels and that ended the second period.  Riels out shot the Canucks 11-8.

THIRD PERIOD

It was all Riels in the third period.  First veteran defenseman Mike Riffel notched his 6th of the season with assists coming from Brett Charette and Brian Dies at 12:54.  Then at 15:50 Michael Gorrie blasted his 28th of the season past Brakel to make it 6-2 Riels with assists from Brian Michiels and Sean Christensen.  

Then at 17:03, Brett Charette finalized the scoring for the Riels, his 27th with assists from Brian Dies and Stanislav Izvekov.  Brett Charette loved playing the Canucks this year in five games; he scored 15 points, 3 goals and 12 assists.

Riels won the game 7-2 and outshot the Canucks in the third period 16-9 and overall 44-29.  Riels net minder, Kyle Vandemosselaer stopped 27 shots for the victory.

Congratulations to Riels defenseman, Sean Christensen for winning the 3rd time this year “Defenseman of the month for February.”  Great job to the Riels organization, coaching staff and players for having a great regular season with a record of 37 wins, 6 losses and 2 OT losses.  Thanks to the fans for their support throughout the season in this frigid weather.  Best fan support ever.  

We start a new season as the playoffs start Tuesday night, March 4th at Southdale, March 7th at Century and Sunday March 9th at Southdale with all games at 7:30pm.