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Game 1: S40 HoF Tourney


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Welcome to the opening game of the S40 Hall of Fame tournament, where we'll get to see some of the greatest players to ever grace the VHL face-off against each other in a best-of-7 series to determine which side is superior! Thanks for joining us here at VHLM This Week as we got the broadcasting rights to game 1, and hopefully more as the series continues.

 

We'll be broadcasting from the Saskatoon Ice Dome, where the Wild have opened their home up for this tournament to be played in their barn.

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Let's jump to it. First off, let's look at the starting line-ups for both sides.

The S18 era (Old Boys Club) will be running this team for the tourney:

Jardy Bunclewirth - Markus Strauss - Cam Fowler
Jukka Hakkinen - Lars Berger - Anton Brekker
Tarik Saeijs - Phil Gerrard - Mathias Chouinard*

Adam Schultz - Japinder Singh
James Bencharski - David Walcott

Aidan Shaw
Daisuke Kanou
Jakob Kjeldsen*

 

While the post-S18 team (The New Kids) will be countering with this:

Tukka Reikkinen - Leeroy Jenkins - Pavel Koradek
Volodymyr Rybak - Alexander Chershenko - Jarvis Baldwin
David Smalling - Phil Rafter - Ansgar Snijider

Daniel Braxton - Ryan Sullivan
Mitch Higgins* - Clark Marcellin*

Alexander Labatte
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Benjamin Glover

 

We head down to the ice where we have Victor, Higgins and Sterling participating in the ceremonial face-off.

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Alright folks, with all that out of the way, come on back after this commercial break and we'll dive right into the action. PUCK DROP AFTER THIS!

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We head down to centre ice, as Tukka Reikkinen faces off against Markus Strauss.

 

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Strauss wins the draw and this game is underway!

 

Old Boys chip it down the ice but the New Kids pick it up and move it up ice. They cross the blue line and Chershenko receives a pass and wires a hot wrister on net!

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Well wide of the net, looks like both sides have some jitters early in this game.

 

Old Boys break it up and get it out of the zone, but the New Kids are all over them. They move the puck back in and Reikkinen gets the loose puck. He steps into the slot and looks top corner. Settles the puck down and wires one!

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Wide again! Two shots for the New Kids but neither can test the Old Guys keeper.

 

Puck rings around the boards and Clark Marcellin picks it up and just slams one on net.

 

Aidan Shaw easily turns it into the corner, and the New Kids finally register a shot on the scoresheet.

 

New Kids keep it deep but can't register another shot and David Walcott ices the puck to get some of the pressure off.

 

1:55 through the first.

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Jenkins wins the draw deep in the Old Boys zone and the New Kids are on the prowl again. Moving the puck around they set up a shot.

 

Pass to Reikkinen, he has time! Settles it, looks, shoots!

 

GREAT SAVE BY SHAW! He snatched that puck clean out of the air and is looking very sharp early in this game.

 

Rafter wins the ensuing draw again for the New Kids and Smalling fires a quick wrist shot right off the draw but Adam Schultz is there for the Old Boys to get his body in the way. New Kids are still on the puck and are looking for something but Schultz gets the puck away and looks to move up the ice.

 

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And look is all he does as he is LEVELED by Reikkinen and loses the puck.

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The New Kids look like sharks in bloody water here as they keep pressing.

 

Rybak takes the puck and cuts into the slot and lets go off a quick snap shot, well wide.

 

Chershenko picks up the loose pick in the corner and tries to tuck one in on Shaw but Shaw's there to hug the post. Puck bounces back to Chersenko though and he fires one!

 

Schultz is all over the ice and looking fearless and he steps in front of another one. Puck bounces out to Jarvis Baldwin who lets loose a laser beam!

 

Rybak tips it!

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OH AND IT GOES OVER THE NET AND OUT OF PLAY! Dangerous chances here early on by the New Kids.

 

New Kids just keep coming (giggity) and Snijider, Higgins and Rybak all get quality chances but Aidan Shaw is not giving an inch!

 

4:33 through the first and the Old Boys FINALLY register a shot as Anton Brekkar wrists a weak one on Alexander Labatte who turns it aside with ease.

 

Puck squeaks out past the blue line and that'll be offside on the Old Boys.

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Strauss wins the draw for the Old Boys and they move into the New Kids zone.

 

Fowler wires one on net!

 

Well wide, puck bounces to Strauss. Strauss alone in the slot shoots!

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Old Boys Club (S18) , Markus Strauss 1 (Cam Fowler, Jardy Bunclewirth) at 5:08

DO YOU BELIEVE IN UNLIKELYHOODS?! DO YOU BELIEVE IN UNLIKELYHOODS?! Old Boys open the scoring in the tournament after being thoroughly manhandled for the first 5 minutes of the game.

 

Strauss puts home an absolute beauty and the score is 1-0 for the Old Boys.

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