Day 14: ROA@ROV review

After a slow start, the Rovers appear to be hitting stride. Rookie Nathan Horton, having scored his first RHL goal against the Spectres last game, followed up that effort with a natural hat-trick, leading the Rovers to a convincing 5-1 win against the Roadkill. "It's a great feeling to help the team win", Horton said of his exploits. "I'm a young guy and I have to prove that I can contribute, so hopefully I can keep it up". "He was great", Stringer said after the game. "He played like a five-year vet out there tonight. He went to the net and finished his chances when they presented themselves. We need that out of our other lines".

Pavol Demitra's power-play goal tied the game at 1-1 only 24 seconds after Jason Blake opened the scoring with a short-handed goal on the same penalty. Then Horton tallied three straight before Alex Korolyuk's third capped the scoring in the third. Roman Turek, David Aebischer's backup, faced 40 shots and stopped 35 of them while Martin Gerber turned aside 20 of 21 Roadkill shots, lowering his G.A.A to 1.78, the second-best mark in the conference to the Mounties' Miikka Kiprusoff.

The Rovers now have a night off before travelling to Lethbridge to face the second-place Selects. The Selects already have a 1-0 win over the Rovers this seaon in Baffin's home-opener, the Rovers will be looking for a measure of revenge, as well as the extension of their current four-game unbeaten streak.