Your Springfield Jr. Blues came away with a loss against the Minnesota Magicians tonight. They will face the magic two more times this weekend; Friday night at 7:05 PM and Saturday night at 6:05 PM.
The first period was a quiet one, with nothing but penalties exchanged between the teams. Ovecka got the start in net and stopped the 7 shots he faced in the first period. Springfield ended the period leading in SOG 16-7.
Springfield started off the scoring in the second period with an unassisted goal from Patrick Smyth at 5:48 of the period! Minnesota responded with a goal of their own at 9:14. Fabio Hollenstein tallied on the power play at 11:25, with an assist from Kozyrev, giving Springfield the lead once again. We finished the period 2-1.
The third period started off with Minnesota tying things up at 14:15 of the period, which sent us into overtime. Your Springfield Jr. Blues fell in overtime to the Minnesota Magicians with a score of 3-2.
