Erie 3 - 2 Portland
Spaniel (W) - 32 Saves
Pehltonen (L) - 36 Saves

Erie starting lineup: Luca Snowe, Jerry Bigelow, Kai Lehtinen, K'Gra Leopard, Belic Bear
Portland starting lineup: Simba Sefu, Kip Kieffer, Backdraft Wolf, Wingdog, Zyle Vaughn

First Period
ERIE GOAL: Bigelow (6) - Snowe (7), Belic (7)
ERIE GOAL: Snowe (3) - Bigelow (6)

Second Period
PORTLAND GOAL: Kieffer (9) - Wingdog (10)
ERIE FIGHTING MAJOR: Belic, Replaced with Beino Conway for period.
PORTLAND FIGHTING MAJOR: Kieffer, replaced with Tatsh Sandstrom for period.

Third Period
ERIE GOAL: Bigelow (7) - Snowe (8), K'Gra (3)
PORTLAND GOAL: Sefu (5) - Backdraft (19), Wingdog (11)

-We all knew this would be a tight match from the start. With questions about Erie's toughness and resilience coming in the wake of numerous injuries, it's good too see the Tail Storm playing a more contact, defensive style.
-They got the quick lead and held on tight. You could really see Portland growing frustrated. Real solid game from backup center Luca Snowe and top draft pick Jerry Bigelow.

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Lexington 7 - 3 Houston
Ramses (W) - 33 Saves
Fisher (L) - 35 Saves

Lexington starting lineup: Fawks Silvarin, Blizzard Wuffy, Jacques St. Francois, Kristopher Larrson, Sergei Kozlov
Houston starting lineup: Krystal Lawrence, Samantha Dalembert, Mischa Petrova, Eddie Clarke, Rodrico Sanchez

First Period
LEXINGTON GOAL: Blizzard (11) - Silvarin (9)
LEXINGTON GOAL: St. Francois (12) - Silvarin (10), Larrson (17)
HOUSTON GOAL: Petrova (8) - Lawrence (10), Clarke (11)

Second Period
HOUSTON GOAL: Dalembert (14) - unassisted
LEXINGTON GOAL: Blizzard (12) - St. Francois (8), Silvarin (11)
HOUSTON INJURY: Dalembert (shoulder), replaced for game by Bijou Cremieux
LEXINGTON GOAL: Silvarin (4) - St. Francois (9), Larrson (18)

Third Period
LEXINGTON GOAL: Silvarin (5) - unassisted
LEXINGTON GOAL: St. Francois (13) - Larrson (19)
LEXINGTON HAT TRICK: Silvarin (6) - Blizzard (11), S.Kozlov (11)

-Fawks Silvarin's play has been hot and cold this year, but when he's hot, he's hot! Kudos to Ramses, who maintains his perfect season after 8 successful starts.
-That'll be a tough loss for Houston to swallow. They've got the offensive power of a playoff contender, but something will have to be done about their troubles in goal.

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GAME OF THE NIGHT
Las Vegas 4 - 3 Bridgeport (OT)
Howling (W) - 52 Saves
Theodore (OTL) - 38 Saves

Bridgeport starting lineup: Vesa Turunen, Viktor Andreev, Charles Roberts, Chris DeLucci, Bjorn Grafeldr
Las Vegas starting lineup: Liam Good, Colby Neighbors, Raffi Streip, Elrik Dannekjold, Igor Slovaki

First Period
BRIDGEPORT GOAL: Delucci (3) - Turunen (17), Andreev (8)
BRIDGEPORT GOAL: Andreev (10) - Turunen (18)
LAS VEGAS GOAL: Good (8) - Neighbors (12), Danneskjold (6)
LAS VEGAS GOAL: Slovaki (6) - unassisted

Second Period
(no scoring)

Third Period
LAS VEGAS GOAL: Streip (10) - Neighbors (12), Danneskjold (7)
BRIDGEPORT GOAL: Grafeldr (4) - Roberts (5), Delucci (6)

Overtime Period
LAS VEGAS GOAL: Good (9) - Streip (9)

-It took an All-Star calibre performance from Howling to finally shut down Bridgeport's dynamic offense. This one was a back-and-forth crowd pleaser that went right down to the wire.
-You gotta give credit to Las Vegas, coming back from a two goal deficit to win it in overtime. They kept shots to the outside, and made good on their chances.

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Hamilton 5 - 4 Saskatoon
Sasada (W) - 34 Saves
Alekseev (OTL) - 42 Saves

Hamilton starting lineup: Tamurello, St. Claire, Parlett, Shepherd, Demidov
Saskatoon starting lineup: Baric, Dgeordgevich, Nikitin, Oberheiszer, Swift

First Period
SASKATOON GOAL: Baric (7) - Dgeordgevich (10), Swift (4)
HAMILTON GOAL: Demidov (4) - Parlett (14), Tamurello (3)

Second Period
HAMILTON GOAL: St. Claire (11) - unassisted
SASKATOON GOAL: Dgeordgevich (4) - unassisted
HAMILTON GOAL: Parlett (3) - Shepherd (9), St. Claire (9)
HAMILTON GOAL: Shepherd (8) - unassisted

Third Period
SASKATOON GOAL: Nikitin (6) - Baric (8), Oberheiszer (5)
SASKATOON GOAL: Swift (1) - Dgeordgevich (11)

Overtime Period
Parlett (4) - St. Claire (10), Demidov (9)

-Quite an impressive show of resiliency to come back for Saskatoon tonight, on the road, against the top team in the FHL. Then what happened?
-Well the offense of Hamilton happened, they live for these situations and that's why they're so good in overtime. I know Parlett will tell us the power of his slapshot won the game, and Alekseev will say he was screened, but at the end of the day it's Hamilton coming away with the extra point, once again.

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Colorado Springs 6 - 2 Victoria
Sparks (W) - 34 Saves
PichuPal (L) - 31 Saves

Colorado Springs starting lineup: Knows-His-Gun, Vanderhoosen, Kennick, Tuomi, Brushtail
Victoria starting lineup: Rain, Bedtime, Paskhowl, Weaver, Thicke

First Period
COLORADO SPRINGS GOAL: Knows-His-Gun (10) - Tuomi (2)
VICTORIA GOAL: Thicke (6) - Weaver (7), Bedtime (7)
COLORADO SPRINGS INJURY: Tuomi (ankle), out for game. Replaced by Ivan Petrov

Second Period
COLORADO SPRINGS GOAL: Kennick (6) - Brushtail (4)
VICTORIA GOAL: Rain (7) - Paskhowl (5)
COLORADO SPRINGS GOAL: Brushtail (9) - Petrov (12)

Third Period
COLORADO SPRINGS GOAL: Knows-His-Gun (11) - Kennick (12)
COLORADO SPRINGS GOAL: Petrov (4) - Vanderhoosen (9), Knows-His-Gun (8)
COLORADO SPRINGS GOAL: Brushtail (10) - Kennick (13), Petrov (13)

-The long awaited battle of the Raichus! Sparks and Colorado Springs got the edge in this one.
-Well Sparks didn't have Knows-His-Gun shooting against him, this guy's unreal. Scoring on right around 20% of his shots now through this game. And Victoria had a bit of a streak going into this game, hopefully for them this will be just a bump, and not the end of that road.

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Green Bay 5 - 2 Jacksonville
Sunderson (W) - 34 Saves
Jones-Payne (L) - 36 Saves

Green Bay starting lineup: Underhill, Howl, Jakopin, Walnut, Karlson
Jacksonville starting lineup: Stapler, Johnson, Manumala, Ansikorpi, Browning

First Period
GREEN BAY GOAL: Underhill (4) - Karlson (6), Walnut (9)

Second Period
GREEN BAY GOAL: Underhill (5) - Howl (6)
GREEN BAY GOAL: Underill (6) - Karlson (7), Howl (7)
GREEN BAY GOAL: Howl (3) - Karlson (8), Jakopin (5)

Third Period
JACKSONVILLE FIGHTING MAJOR: Johnson, replaced by Johan Bjorkman for remainder of period
GREEN BAY FIGHTING MAJOR: Howl, replaced by Bjorn Sandell for remainder of period
JACKSONVILLE GOAL: Bjorkman (1) - Manumala (8), Browning (11)
JACKSONVILLE GOAL: Manumala (7) - unassisted
GREEN BAY INJURY: Underhill (upper body), out for game. Replaced by Phoenix Audubon
GREEN BAY GOAL: Jakopin (9) - Karlson (9), Walnut (10)

-Joshua Underhill had been a defensive forward primarily to this point, but from out of nowhere he gets a natural hat trick to start the game!
-Yeah, we sure didn't expect that! I know who else didn't plan for that and that's Jacksonville. If they're going to turn it around, these are the types of games they need to win from here on out.

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Players recieving growth points
Silvarin - 2 (Three stars, hat trick)
Parlett - 1 (Three stars)
Underhill - 2 (Three stars, hat trick)