Good Start a Sign of Things to Come in Halifax?

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Game 1 of the 66th VHLM season opened up Wednesday night for Halifax, who welcomed the San Diego Marlins. Additionally this was the VHLM debut of rookie goaltender Thorvald Gunnarsson. Gunnarsson has only been in Halifax for a week after being drafted but seems to be adjusting to the league just fine.

 

In the first period Gunnarsson managed to stop 11 of the 12 shots he faced. The first period goal from Samuel Sparrow was scored while Papa Gage of Halifax was in the box for hooking. Halifax managed to score 3 goals on 12 shots. Trevor Van Lagen's first from Acyd Burn and Dick Rash at 1:37, Papa Gage's first from Anton Edvin at 7:47, and Kenji Hachimura's first from Hugh Chan at 9:33 accounted for the 21st's scoring.

 

The second period saw fast action up and down the rink with Halifax managing to tilt the ice in their favor by registering 12 shots while limiting San Diego to only 4. No goals were scored, despite several good looks from Halifax. 3-1 Halifax after 2.

 

The third saw San Diego try to get back in the game, registering 7 shots and limiting Halifax to 9. Both teams traded goals in this period. Andrei Mikhailov's first from Lexington Lewis and Scotty BigShotty at 10:10 closed the gap to one goal. A late power play gave Halifax the opportunity to seal the victory and Anton Edvin scored his first from Blake Gaudette at 17:43 to finish the scoring.

 

Gunnarson made 21 saves on 23 shots for a 0.913 save percentage in the rookie's first win. Halifax hopes he can continue to provide games like this going forward.

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