It's the First star for the Portuguese Wonder.

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We're in the 189th game of the 82nd VHLM season as the Halifax 21st welcomes the Mexico City Kings to the cold weather of Nova Scotia.

 

Could the cold make the difference between these teams disappear? Or at least balance out the game?

 

This could have been the story if not for the Portuguese Wonder, who is already accustomed to this weather after starting the season in the cold breeze surrounding Lake Ontario, in Mississauga.

 

Back to the game, and the Kings strike right away! In the 8th shot-on-goal in four minutes for the Kings, the man, myth, legend, Hasbulla Magomedov scores, assisted by the Betas! With not much happening in the first period, the 7 face-offs won in 9 attempts by Leandro Goncalves is the major highlight of the period's remainder.

 

The second-period starts and the Kings score right away, but a few minutes later concede and things get crazy. Within 2-and-half minutes the score goes from 0-2 to 2-3 and that's where Leandro's presence starts to be felt, after assisting Sakamoto on the 3rd goal, he scores 2 of the last 3 goals, giving him the first star of the game and putting the game away for the Kings who are, at the moment, riding a 6-game win streak.

 

Can they keep on rolling? Will they show they're a team to beat? Two of their next three games are against top teams in the VHLM, Houston (2-seed) and Philadelphia (1-seed). We'll see how they fare against this level of competition!