Voth Backstops Viper Win:

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Voth backstops Viper win

by Don Klepp | Added 2010-11-21

Blake Voth stopped 16 of 17 shots in the third period and 30 of 31 in the game as the road weary Vipers eked out a 2-1 win in Surrey on Sunday afternoon.

Playing for the fourth time in four and half days, the Vipers got a first period goal from Bryce Kakoske and held that lead well into the third, when the teams exchanged goals.

Voth was the difference in the final frame, with several game savers. He was especially brilliant in a 16th minute glove save on Hayden Trupp, while falling backward. He also robbed Brad McGowan and Daniel Gentzler on point blank shots.

His opposite number, Karel St-Laurent, was the goaltender on the hot spot in the first two periods, as he made several fine stops on Viper shooters. The Vipers led the shot parade, 23-14, in the opening 40 minutes. Voth, too, was solid, squaring up to shooters and smoothly controlling rebounds.

He was supported by Kakoske’s first period marker, which was set up by Brett Corkey’s spirited rush that brought the puck into the Surrey zone. David Robinson followed up by roaring around behind the net and dumping it in front for Kakoske who roofed it. The goal judge didn’t notice that the puck had hit the inside cross bar and had immediately shot out again.

However, referee Mike Basford did see the goal.

Perhaps in an effort to get it right next time, the same goal judge put the red light on and left it on when David Robinson broke in unimpeded early in the second period. This time, Basford and the linesman waved it off and allowed play to continue.

The road trip seemed to catch up with the Vipers in the third; they were unable to match the Eagles’ jump, especially for the first half of the period. Also, they seemed content to sit back and let the home team dictate the terms of engagement.

As a result, Surrey generated the first 9 shots of the period, but the Vipers dug deep and out shot the Eagles 12-8 for the remainder of the period.

Part of that renewed energy resulted from a goal scored at 12:06. A Viper rush broke down in the Surrey end, but Dylan Walchuk scooped up a loose puck and directed it on net. The puck deflected off Trevor Fitzgerald past a wrong-footed St-Laurent.

A David Robinson kneeing call gave the Eagles their fourth power play of the game. The top power play unit in the BCHL finally clicked at 14:38, when Daniel Gentzler broke through a check and dived to backhand a Josh Monk rebound past Voth.

That was all the Eagles could muster as a combination of Voth’s stellar netminding and determined Viper defensive play thwarted the high scoring Eagles, who have recorded the third most goals in the league.