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Posted: Oct 28, 2023

Kings sweep the Voyageurs in a very close Saturday afternoon game

Video Box Score
Scoring Summary
1st - 03:24 - Brennan Davis (RDP)
2nd - 05:04 - Mikal Chalifoux (Portage)
2nd - 17:30 - SH - Ryland McNinch (RDP)
2nd - 18:35 - Hayden Clayton (RDP)
3rd - 13:40 - Xavier Halterman (Portage)
Game Leaders
Portage
G: 2 Players (#13, #16) - 1
A: 3 Players (#12, #14, #26) - 1
Sh: N/A
Sv: Alex Brousseau - 38
RDP
G: 3 Players (#20, #24, #73) - 1
A: 5 Players (#11, #19, #34, #51, #94) - 1
Sh: N/A
Sv: Evan Fradette - 26
Team Stats
Full stats

Red Deer, October 28, 2023 - After scoring seven consecutive goals last night, the Kings would extend that streak into the afternoon game against the Voyageurs. Defenceman Brennan Davis (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology) was able to fire a shot from the point through traffic past goaltender Alex Brousseau (Fine Arts) for the Kings first goal of the game.

After the first, the Kings outshot the Voyageurs 12-8.

The Voyageurs would find the equalizer just over five minutes into the second period. Forward Mikal Chalifoux (Academic Foundations) attempted a wrap-around but was stopped by goaltender Evan Fradette (Bachelor of Education), who is making his first start of the season. Fradette could not corral the rebound and Chalifoux would pick up his own rebound and chip it into the top corner on the block side of the Kings goaltender.  

In the late stages of the second period, Brousseau was standing tall in his net as he robbed not one but two Kings players with the pad and the glove to keep the Voyageurs tied at one with the Kings.

But the Kings would add a shorthanded goal with under three minutes left to go in the second period. The Voyageurs goaltender robbed forward Chance Longjohn (Bachelor of Education) on the breakaway but forward Rylan McNinch (Bachelor of Education) was there to put the rebound into the back of the net.

Moments later, after serving his penalty, forward Hayden Clayton (Justice Studies) raced out of the penalty box and fired a wrist shot past Brousseau. Rookie defenceman Kevin Minnoch was awarded the assist after sending Clayton on the breakaway. Claytons goal ended up being the game-winner and he was awarded the Kings player of the game.

At the end of the second period, the shots were in favour of the Kings as they doubled up on Portage College with a total of 32.

Voyageurs forward Xavier Halterman, who was named the player of the game, (Bachelor of Arts) got his team within one of the Kings after he managed to shoot from behind the goal line and bank it off of Fradette's pad into the back of the net.

But that was the closest the visitors would get as the Kings would defeat the Voyageurs 3-2 and sweep the two-game series in Red Deer.

The Voyageurs will host the SAIT Trojans for a two-game set at home next weekend with the Kings taking on the NAIT Ooks in Edmonton next Friday. In both games, the puck will drop at 7 pm.

Players of the game: Xavier Halterman (Voyageurs) and Hayden Clayton (Kings)