1st Career Hatty in Nail Biter v. Wild!

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On a Friday night in Minnesota, Saskatoon Wild in town for a night game, Bert Meyers sits quietly in the locker room taping his stick with Jerk It Out - Caesers blasting in his ears as he gets ready for the game ahead of him. He knows he'll have to be on the top of his game to help the Storm continue there recent surge up the standings against the Wild, who have been making similar moves up the standings on the lower half of things and fighting with everything they have for a playoff spot. As the Storm take the ice Bert is in the zone and his game is clicking throughout warm-ups, little did Meyers know this would turn out to be a career night for him and one that he'd remember for years and years to come. 

 

From the second his line took to the ice Bert Meyer's game was on point. He was seeing like never before and dominating in the face-off circle. It was only three minutes into the 2nd period that Bert found the back of the net for the first time on this eventful night to bring the game back to 4-4. Only three minutes later Bert won a face-off in the Wild zone, after a beaut of a pass from @FBR Kai, Bert found the back of the net again to bring the Storm ahead 5-4. @TheFlash Hans Gruber was not having this and within the minute took matters into his own hands and netted the equalizer for his 3rd point of his impressive 4 point night.

 

The Minnesota started the 3rd period on the PP and after a shot by Shane Mars, Orion Slade deflected it with the wood and put it past Juan Juandice for the go ahead goal. In this back and forth bout it was 8 minutes later that John Perdue put the 6th equalizing goal past Wendy after a won face-off by Hans Gruber to round out his 4 point night. Two minutes later after Szita's laser of a shot was not cleanly absorbed by Juan Juandice and bounced to his backside, Bert Meyers cleaned up the rebound for the game-winning-goal and his 3rd goal of the night for his first career hat trick. With ten minutes left in the game and ahead by one you could see the sense of urgency in the Wilds eyes. After 8 shots they were able to get a rebound off Wendy's pads and at the 18:50 marker they found the back of the net with the 8th equalizing goal of the game. To the Wilds disbelief the goal was reviewed by the refs and after closer examination they refused the goal due to goaltender interference. Hans Gruber was able to throw one last shot at Wendy before the end of the game, but was unable to find the twine and the night ended 7-6 Minnesota.

 

While Hans Gruber had the most points for the night at 4, he was awarded the 3rd star of the game after a hell of a performance and was the main reason the Wild gave the Storm the run they did.

 

Matthew Kai was named 2nd star of the night with a goal and an assist. From the looks of the stat sheet he doesn't look like a clear cut 2nd star choice, but his effort levels on the ice all game and some of his key plays were turning points in this game and ultimately were the reason the Storm came out the victors.

 

Bert Meyers was named 1st star of the night with 3 goals for this first career hat trick on only 4 shots. He was also a contributing factor to the Storms success with winning 22 of 28 face offs taken, for a whopping 78.5%.

 

 

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