Well, it wasn't pretty for the Winnipeg Blues last night at the MTS Ice Plex.
The Portage Terriers came into the new Blues home and made themselves very welcome by shutting out Winnipeg 7-0.
Terriers Brent Wold opened the scoring on the powerplay 5:47 into the first knocking in a loose puck behind Blues netminder Charlie Pogue.
It stayed that way until late in the period as Josh Dufresne snuck in from the point, took a nice feed from Cole Brunet and one timed a shot into the top corner with just 2 seconds left, giving the Terriers a two goal lead after 1.
In the 2nd, the Terriers once again scored early, this time 1:02 in, as Dylan Kelly and Cody Kostecki broke in on a 2 on 1. Kelly made a nice pass to Kostecki who made no mistake about it and the Terriers were up by three.
Midway through the period a scramble in front of the Blues net saw Pogue come up with a couple of nice saves, but Cory More would pick up a rebound and fire a shot into the open cage, making it 4-0 for the visitors.
The Terriers didn't let up in the third, and again scored early. Stephane Pattyn and Cole Brunet skated in 2 on 1, and Pattyn would keep the puck and fire a wrist shot past Pogue to increase their lead to 5-0.
The Blues did have their chances to score, but it seemed that it just wasn't their night. Patrick Henderson may have had the best chance, as Terrier goalie Jason Kasdorf was down and out, and the puck was sitting on the blue paint in the crease. Henderson got his stick to it, but Kasdorf stuck his big mitt out and snatched a sure goal away from Henderson.
The Terriers would add 2 more goals and leave with a 7-0 win, and Jason Kasdorf stopped all 22 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season.
That's the type of night it was for the Blues. The Terriers capitalized on a lot of their chances, while the Blues couldn't find the back of the net with theirs.
It doesn't get any easier for Winnipeg, as they'll welcome last year's MJHL and Anavet Cup Champion Dauphin Kings to the Ice Plex on Saturday. Puck drop is set for 7:30.
Dauphin currently sits undefeated at 3-0-0-0 (6pts) , while the Blues are 0-1-2-1 (3pts)
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