Day 17: CAP@ROV review

In a game considered by many of the Baffin coaches to be a litmus test for their fortunes this season, the Rovers came up aces with a 4-3 home-ice win over the Capones. Special teams were the order of the day as the Rovers struck for three power-play goals in ten opportunities, and also scored a short-handed goal during the first of their seven successful penalty kills. "No question; our specialty teams carried the day today", Stringer said of his PP and PK units. "We changed up the look of our PP and it paid off huge tonight".

Glen Murray and Pavol Demitra each scored a PP goal coming on the second-shift while Alex Korolyuk tallied another with the man-advantage. Nils Ekman opened the scoring with Chris Pronger in the box early in the first. Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice and Sergei Fedorov added a goal and two assists for the Capones who twice tied the game only to yield the winner late in the third.

Chris Mason stopped 23 of 26 shots for the victory, his first in the RHL. The Rovers now have two days off before travelling to Waterloo to face the Roadkill. Starter Martin Gerber is expected to be ready to go for that game.