Game Report

Taraua Real Iced Coffee Southern Stampede vs West Auckland Admirals

Tonight's game lived up to all expectations and thrilled the capacity Queenstown crowd. The Stampede bounced back from last night and came out firing and really took it to the visiting Admirals. The first goal was to the Stampede and got the crowd going, it was scored at 9.04 by Joe Bjorkman equal strength and unassisted. The Admirals came back with the equaliser at 5.38 equal strength scored by Russell assisted by Huish. Shots on for the period Stampede 11 Admirals 10.

The second period continued at the same furious pace. The Admirals momentarily silenced the crowd with an equal strength goal at 15.02 scored by Kivela assisted by and Rantalainen. The Stampede's second goal was a power play goal at 13.03 scored by Bjorkman and Danny Smith. The Stampedes Brett Speirs scored an equal strength goal at 2.55 to give the Stampede a one goal lead going into the break and really get the crowd on side. Shots on for the period Stampede 8 Admirals 14.

The third period saw more of the same frenetic pace, the Admirals tying the game up at 17.03 with an equal strength goal to Chamberlain. With the game winding down the Stampede picked up the pace and the Admirals seemed to be tiring and turning the puck over in their end. The Stampede scored two quick goals the first at 4.10 equal strength, to Gareth Lloyd. This was followed at 2.55 by a shorthanded goal to Bjorkman assisted by player coach Stacey Rout. After this the game degenerated, firstly when the Admirals Russell viciously cross checked Bert Haines in the face, the resulting fracas saw both players sent to the dressing room. With just 23 seconds to run two skirmishes developed and 4 more players took an early shower. The final 5-3 result and the last few minutes of the game had the crowd on their feet and it was an exciting finish. Shots on for the period Stampede 12 Admirals 6.

Total shots on goal Stampede 31 Admirals 30
Penalty minutes Stampede 97 Admirals 83