The Kindersley Jr. A Klippers were looking to rebound on Saturday against the Humboldt Broncos after a tough loss earlier that week to the Notre Dame Hounds. The Klippers played a pretty solid first and thrid periods on against the Broncos, but a penalty filled second period hindered them in a 5-1 loss.

The game started off in a weird way with Austin Lamotte and Connor Casparie were both given unsportsmanlike penalties before the game even started, so we got some 4-on-4 action to start off the hockey game.

Six minutes in, the Broncos broke the ice on a solo effort from Lucas Ceccarelli. He stole the puck in his own zone and went down the centre of the ice against two defenders, and he cut left to use them as a screen for his shot that beat Matthew Pesenti in net wide side.

The Klippers got two powerplay opportunities early in the first period and shortly after the second penalty ended, the Klippers tied things up. Cash Arnsten sent the puck to the top of the slot where Tylin Hillbig was waiting, and he fired a low shot on to Rayce Ramsay's pad, and he kicked it out to Jaxon Georget who put the puck home on the rebound just over the halfway mark in the period.

Both teams exchanged powerplays again in the back half of the period, but no one was able to put anything into the net in a period where the Klippers went into the dirty areas against a team that was bigger than them and were still coming away with the puck.

After 1: Klippers 1 - 1 Broncos, shots 10-6 Klippers

The second period is one the Klippers would like to have back. The Broncos started putting on the pressure and took control of the shot count early on in the period before a face-off in the Klippers zone around the four minute mark. The Broncos won the draw and after a quick cycle, a shot from Connor McGrath at the point would be tipped on to Pesenti by Logan Kurki, and the rebound was tapped home by Braden Koran to give the Broncos the lead.

Connor Casparie took a penalty for the Broncos, and 30 seconds later Mark Snarr got called for roughing. Once Snarr's penalty ended, the Broncos scored again before he get join the play when Alec Saretsky tipped one home from a slap pass by Reilly McKinnon just before the halfway point of the game. 

Ceccarelli scored his second of the game 12 minutes in on a similar play to his first, with the puck in the middle of the ice against two defenders, he cuts left to use the screen and fire a snap shot, and scores. The only difference this time was that Kade Olsen fed him on the rush from his own zone.

Then a weird situation happened. Play had been stopped to give penalties to both teams, roughing for Hunter Laroque for the Klippers and unsportsmanlike conduct to Braden Koran of the Broncos, after the two were invovled in a dust up in front of the net. While they were getting escorted to the box, Logan Kurki and Austin Lamotte started to jaw at one another until punches were thrown and everyone on the ice got invovled. In total, 95 penalty minutes were handed out on the play including game misconducts for Reilly McKinnon of the Broncos and Lamotte for the Klippers.

All said and done, the Broncos came away with seven minutes of powerplay with five minutes left in the period, and they scored once. After the Klippers managed to block a couple shots, the Broncos worked the puck around the outside from Saretsky to Cody Hough at the top of the blue line, then Matthew Perkins on the right, then back across the ice to Saretsky who onetimed it home.

After 2: Klippers 1 - 5 Broncos, shots 18-15 Broncos, 12-5 Broncos in the period

The third period should have felt more fun than it did for the Klippers. They gave up just a single penalty when Hunter Laroque got called for a high stick late in the period, but that was killed off. After the halfway point, Ethan Mack rung one off the post at the height of the Klippers momentum.

Cash Arnsten, listed at 5'11 180lbs, decided to try and give his team a spark when he dropped the gloves with 6'2 195lbs Nicksha Eric, and while only one or two quality punches were landed by either fighter, it was the younger, smaller Arnsten who got the takedown in what was largely a wrestling match between the two men.

All in all, the Klippers showed a lot of fight in the third period and kept pace with the Broncos in a period where the Broncos still led the shots 13-11, but Rayce Ramsay was tested early and often in the period and made some very good saves through traffic and on the rush to finish things off for the Broncos.

FINAL: Klippers 1 - 5 Broncos, shots 31-26 Broncos

The Klippers play the Melville Millionaires in the West Central Events Centre Sunday night as the Millionaires finally play their first game of the season.