The headline was rematch of the top two teams who played a fast, highly skilled game that ended in a shoot out a week ago,  but Sundays match didn't live up to the billing. The score was the same except in favor of the Canucks but the game's flavor was much different. A week ago both teams battled hard but there were only a couple minor penalties for each team so the game flowed from end to end, then Sunday there were 20 penalties which alone changed the type of game.

The Canucks came to play and were relentless, If we could have taken advantage of a couple PP opportunites the outcome may have been different. We did miss the speed and leadership of our captain Deveon Matsumoto who was out with an injury and then lost Chats to injury on a high hit left us a little short on our front end. 

The Express opened the scoring on an early PP when Boonstra finished of a quick feed from Grunsten only seconds into the PP but that was the only time we could solve the Canucks netminder.

The Cauncks tied the score in the 2nd and then on a 5 on 3 in the 3rd took the lead for the win.

It was invitiable to happen after winning 14 previous games in a row that we would lose one. It is time for the Express to reflect and refocus to get the train back on the tracks and it all starts on Friday Nov 26th  when the 3rd place Pembina Valley Twisters come to East End for an 8pm game with the Express.