New South Wales GK: Rob Cribb D: Jack Dempsey D: Tom DeLonge LW: Scott Flack C: Ben Herd RW: Andrew James New Zealand Ice Blacks GK: Michael Chung D: HJ Bots D: Cam Darts LW: Dexter Astele C: AJ Izett RW: S Humble A big crowd in here for the first game of the IHS Provincial Cup. They're looking excited to see rep action in IHS for the first time ever, and both teams will be looking to make history as the first winner of a rep game. NSW have a fairly balanced team, that includes the centre of S1 in Ben Herd, while NZ have a very impressive defensive team and GK, with the addition of S Humble who was a superstar in the latter part of S1 and Astele who has shown some good form at times. So, lets get this one underway and see who will make history.
Very Early Period 1: A nervous looking start from NSW here, they've got Flack in the box and Herd has just been smashed by Bots and the Ice Blacks have the puck and are looking to promote it quickly. The Puck comes to Astele, and he's looking in the mood to attack, he fakes a pass to Izett, and Dempsey falls for it, he's got a bit of space and takes a shot..... .... It's good! Astele scores the first ever goal in a rep side and the Ice Blacks lead 1 to nothing. NSW 0, NZ 1 Goals: Astele (1 PPG) Assists: N/A
Middle of 1st Period: The NSW team looks really down after the first goal, and the Ice Blacks are all over them. NSW have the puck with DeLonge not far from their own blue line. Darts manages to line him up though, an DeLonge goes down and the puc comes to Humble, he looks to shoot... .....Faked and passed to Izett, who looks to shirt on his first touch........ ...... GOAL!!!!! Izett puts the Ice Blacks up 2 - 0 with help from Humble. NSW looking shockingly bad so far and the Ice Blacks are on form. NSW 0, NZ 2 Goals: Astele (1 PPG), Izett (1) Assists: Humble (1)
Mid of 1st Period: The NSW team looks still completely stunned and not gelling together at all. The Ice Blacks on the other hand are playing as one, making it look so easy. Humble's got the puck and is on the attack, the defence is hanging off him, they just don't know what to do at the moment. He decides just to have a shot..... ... It's in! The NSW team are letting in very soft goals now, this score could be anything. NSW 0, NZ 3 Goals: Astele (1 PPG), Izett (1), Humble (1) Assists: Humble (1)