Tonight at the Penhold Regional Multiplex the Amazons hosted the Cochrane Chaos for game #1 of the South Division Championship. Both Chaos and Amazons swept their 1st round opponants 2-0 so tonight would give one team their 1st playoff loss. The Amazons would score 2 goals in :30 seconds in the 2nd period and prevail with a 2-1 victory. 

 

The opening period for the Amazons was not one of their stronger periods. The shots after the 1st period was 11-11 though the Chaos did strike first.The Amazons kept most of the Chaos scoring chances to the outside. With 4:49 left in the 1st period, Leonard of the Chaos would loft a puck into the high slot and Richard would deflect the shot into the net. This would open the scoring for the Chaos and give them a 1-0 lead. To finish the 1st period the Amazons would be called for cross checking and would start the second on the PK. 

 

In the second period the Amazons killed their 1st period penalty and as soon as Kobrosky left the penalty box and tried to change the Amazons would get called for to-many men on the ice. The Amazons would return to the PK. The ladies were up to the task and killed the second consecutive penalty. The Amazons would get called for one more penalty in the second at the 14:27 mark of the second period and for the third consecutive time the Amazons would kill off the penalty. As the Amazons killed of their final penalty of the period the Chaos #7 Elisa Caputo would be called for head contact and received a 4 minute minor. 

 

The Amazons rallied on this PP and started to out play the Chaos and slowely returned to playoff form. With time winding down and the Chaos having killed their 4 minute penalty the Amazons would strike. After a lengthy shift by the Chaos, #16 Sarah Kendall of the Amazons would skate the puck into the Chaos zone. She waited patiently for an opening and after having the puck on her stick for 10 seconds an opening to strike finally came. Kendall would make a tight turn off the half wall and walked right into the high slot and let a shot go which beat the Chaos goalie over the shoulder. The game was now tied at 1-1 with 3:07 left in the 2nd period. 

 

The Amazons were not done though as LaShawn Vick would score just 30 seconds later. Off the face-off from Kendall's goal the puck would be dumped into the Amazons zone,  #21 Sarah Botter would pick up a loose puck and chiped it to Vick in the neutral zone. Vick picked the puck up and blew past the Chaos defender and scored with a low shot under Parkyn's glove to give the Amazons their first lead of the game. With Vick's goal the Amazons now had a 2-1 lead. The Chaos had a slight edge in shots with a 10-9 lead but Nisa stood tall and shut the door. 

 

The third period started and the Amazons were rejuvinated from their late 2nd period surge. The Amazons took control and shut down the Chaos at every turn. The Chaos took 2 penalties in the third and while the Amazons didn't score they created some great scoring chances. With time winding down and under one (1) minutes to play the Chaos pulled their goalie. The Amazons though were up to the challenge and didn't give up a shot on net. With six (6) seconds left in the period to play the Chaos called a time-out and tried to draw up a play. The Amzons won the draw and Emma Malsbury came out with the puck, with time ticking down she shot for the open net but hit the post! The Amazons outshot the Chaos 10-3 in the final frame for a total of 30-23 for the Amazons. 

 

The Amazons are now just one win away from playing in their 4th AJFHL championship series. Game #2 is tomorrow night in Cochrane at 5:00pm at the Spray Lake Sawmills Arena in Cochrane!!!