The Tahoe Knight Monsters took on the Idaho Steelheads on Saturday. Puck drop was at 7:00 PM. The game was at the Tahoe Blue Event Center in Stateline, Nevada. It was the sixty-sixth game of the season. The Knight Monsters were coming off of a 3-2 victory over the Idaho Steelheads. The Tahoe Knight Monsters had a record of 40-20-5. The Knight Monsters had gotten points in their last nine games. The Tahoe Knight Monsters had won their last six games. The Knight Monsters were in 7th place in the ECHL. The Knight Monsters were 3rd in the Western Conference and 2nd in the Mountain Division. The Steelheads had played sixty-four games. The Steelheads were coming off of a 2-3 loss to the Tahoe Knight Monsters. The Steelheads had a record of 32-23-9. The Steelheads were in 15th place in the ECHL. The Steelheads were in 8th place in the ECHL Western Conference. The Steelheads were in 5th place in the ECHL Western Conference Mountain Division. The all-time record between the Tahoe Knight Monsters and the Idaho Steelheads was 7-3-0.
The Tahoe Knight Monsters had played one more game. The Knight Monsters had eight more wins. The Knight Monsters had the better points percentage. The Knight Monsters had scored eighteen more goals. The Idaho Steelheads had allowed nine more goals. The Knight Monsters had the better goal differential. The Knight Monsters had twelve more points. The Tahoe Knight Monsters had 563 penalty minutes. The Idaho Steelheads had 733 penalty minutes.
As of writing this the GoFundMe page for Alex Schumacher has reached $16,345. The Tahoe Knight Monsters did say that they will be doing things to honor Alex throughout this home stand.
#30 Jordan Papirny got the start in net for the Tahoe Knight Monsters. It was his 26th game played this season. On Saturday, defender Stanislav Demin was activated from reserve by the Knight Monsters. Forward Adam Robbins was activated from three day injured reserve by the Knight Monsters. Defender Brennan Kapcheck was placed on 3-day injured reserve by the Knight Monsters. Forward Adam Pitters was placed on reserve by the Knight Monsters. #33 Ben Kraws got the start in net for the Idaho Steelheads. It was his 35th game played this season. On Saturday, forward Patrick Moynihan was activated from reserve by the Steelheads. Defender Jason Horvayj was activated from 14-day injured reserve by the Steelheads. Forward Demetrios Koumontzis and defender Connor Punett were placed on reserve by the steelheads. Defender Parker Berge was place on 3-day injured reserve by the Steelheads. Forward Mason McCarty was moved from 3-day to 14-day injured reserve by the Steelheads.
Eleven minutes into the game, Reece Harsch of the Idaho Steelheads received a penalty for cross-checking. With under six minutes left in the first period, the Steelheads took the lead. The goal was scored by #6 Wade Murphy. His goal was assisted by #13 Francesco Arcuri and #43 Matt Register.
A minute later, the Steelheads took a two goal lead. The second goal was scored by #9 Brendan Hoffmann. His goal was assisted by #10 Christophe Fillion and #92 Ryan Foss.
With four minutes left in the first period, Logan Nelson of the Tahoe Knight Monsters received a penalty for slashing. The Idaho Steelheads scored their third goal on the following poerplay. The goal was scored by #6 Wade Murphy. His goal was assisted by #17 Ty Pelton-Bryce and #13 Francesco Arcuri.
With under two minutes left in the period, Jake McGrew of the Knight Monsters received a penalty for boarding. I thought the hit was hard but not a penalty. The hit took place between the benches. It caused a scrum in front of the Knight Monsters bench. The Idaho player who was hit was slow to get up and did leave the ice. The officials took a while to talk about it. Collins started looking for a fight while the officials were talking it over. I think it should have resulted in a 4-on-4 not a Steelheads powerplay. None of the players in the scrum got roughing penalties. They should have handed out at least one to the Steelheads. The Idaho Steelheads would take a four goal lead on the powerplay. The goal was scored by #3 Nick Canade. His goal was assisted by #24 Reece Harsch and #33 Ben Kraws.
The score was 4-0 Idaho Steelheads after the first period.
Under a minute into the second period, Francesco Arcuri of the Idaho Steelheads received a penalty for tripping. Nine minutes into the second period, Slava Demin of the Tahoe Knight Monsters received a penalty for slashing. On the powerplay, the Steelheads took a five goal lead. The goal was scored y #8 Kaleb Pearson. His goal was assisted by #17 Ty Pelton-Bryce and #24 Reece Harsch.
With under six minutes left in the second period, Simon Pinard of the Knight Monsters received a penalty for roughing and Reece Harsch of the Steelheads received a penalty for roughing. Simon Pinard of the Knight Monsters also received a penalty for roughing at the same time. Brendan Hoffman of the Steelheads received a penalty for high-sticking with under five minutes remaining in the second period. The score was 5-0 Idaho Steelheads going into the third period.
Three minutes into the final period, Isaac Johnson of the Tahoe Knight Monsters received a penalty for Slashing. Six minutes into the third period Matt Register of the Idaho Steelheads received a penalty for delay of game. Eight minutes into the third period, Ryan Foss of the Steelheads received a penalty for slashing. With five minutes left in the game, Isaac Johnson of the Knight Monsters received a penalty for tripping. With four minutes left in the game, the Steelheads received a bench minor penalty for too many men. With under two minutes left in the game, Nick Canade of the Steelheads received a penalty for slashing.
At the end of the game, Bear Hughes of the Knight Monsters received ten minute match penalty for slew-footing. All I saw was one of the Steelheads players go down in their zone while battling for the puck. The refs eventually stopped play. I do not know if the Steelheads player is injured. When play was stopped there were two different altercations that were going to escalate to fights. The officials made sure neither altercation turned into a fight. Anthony Collins was trying to start one of the fights. After the officials took him away, the Steelheads bench started chirping Collins.
The final score was 5-0 Idaho Steelheads. This is the second game this season where the Tahoe Knight Monsters did not score. This is the first time they have not scored a goal at home.
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The aggressiveness started early in the game. There were a lot of penalties in this game. I think the Idaho Steelheads are cowards. All series so far they refuse to fight but will not stop chirping. They also will make dirty plays but then not fight. Chirping a player from your own bench because no one on your team will fight hime is the most cowardly thing I have seen a hockey team do live. There was really poor goaltending by the Knight Monsters. They were making poor playing decisions. They were not connecting on passes. They were not shooting the puck. There was multiple times were the Knight Monsters were not able to get a shot off in the Steelheads zone. There was no hustle in the third period. They were not finishing their hits in the third period. It starts with goaltending. Jordan Papirny was not on his game. His kept letting in soft goals. He was not covering his corners that well. He was not controlling rebounds either. I get why he was not pulled. They did not want Vikman to play four games in five days. Nothing changed. The Knight Monsters kept trying the same strategy the whole game. After they were down 3-0 something should have changed. I would have liked to see them have played more aggressively. Yes they were playing aggressively but not in a meaningful way to effect the game. They were not hitting the puck carriers every chance they got. They were still letting the Steelheads make plays with getting in their face or making hits. I would have liked them to have taken more shots instead of always trying to set up the play. Get the puck on net. Get the greasy goals. Quit trying to find an open player all the time. They were also trying to force a goal. They kept shooting close and at the same spot multiple times. They were also taking the puck as close as they could to the net before taking a shot. It is disheartening that the Tahoe Knight Monsters can play so well and then turn around and play terrible.
The Tahoe Knight Monsters take on the Idaho Steelheads for game sixty-seven on Sunday, March 30th. It will be a home game. Puck drop is scheduled for 3:00 PM. This will be a divisional game. It will be the final of four home games against the Idaho Steelheads. The Knight Monsters have six games remaining in the regular season.
Zac Electrifly 
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