Penalties costly as Clippers down Dogs

A tight 2-1 game after two periods was blown wide open with two power play goals by the Clippers in a span of 2:28 before the third was six minutes old. A slashing penalty on a neutral zone face off, and a bench minor for too-many-men both ended up in Clipper goals.

The saying goes that penalties like those are harder to kill for some reason. Last night that appeared to be true.

Just 26 seconds later, an odd man rush saw the Clippers up 5-1 and the rout was on and the 2-1 score was but a distant memory.

Credit again to the Dogs for not quitting, as they came back to make it 5-2 but it was too little too late as the Clippers added another one on the power play for the 6-2 final.

The Dogs played a pretty good first 40 minutes, but again, games aren't 40 minutes long.

I hope the Dogs learned something about throwing pucks on the net on the power play, and driving the net on the power play, as the second and third Clipper goals were both rebounds put home from the top of the crease. The fourth goal was a harmless looking wrist shot that hit something and went in. The sixth goal was a loose puck hitting bodies on a scramble off an inital shot that ended up on the tape of Colton Cyr. Good things happen when you get the puck on the net, and you drive the net. Simple.

The Dogs look for that elusive first win tonight when they host the Powell River Kings for the second time this season.

Catch the pregame show at 6:45 and the puck drop at 7:00.

I have had no less than 5 people email me or call me or leave comments on the blog telling me that it's time for the streak-breaking Pink Shirt to come out. NOT YET. But I'll go halfway tonight and wear a pink tie. It's up to the boys go to the other half and play a FULL game.

Hammer