It was a lovely game with the 2 teams trading goals in the third.  Eventually Westcoast prevails in their home opener.
 
Balco 3 Stars:
 
1.  Pavel Datsyuk, WCE
2.  Alex Tanguay, WCE
3. Justin Williams, WCE

                    Calgary Grizzlies at West Coast Express                     
DATE : 10/27/2004

GOALS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Calgary Grizzlies              0  0  2  0  2 
West Coast Express             0  1  2  0  3 

SHOTS                          1  2  3 OT  F
Calgary Grizzlies              4  6  16 0  26
West Coast Express             11 6  7  0  24

 G O A L  S U M M A R Y 
1. WCE. BRAD RICHARDS(1)( TUOMO RUUTU, ALEX TANGUAY ): 2nd 13:39
2. CAL. VALERI BURE(1)( SERGEI FEDOROV ): 3rd 10:51
3. WCE. PAVEL DATSYUK(1)( TONY AMONTE, MATTIAS OHLUND ): 3rd 11:59
4. CAL. JUSTIN WILLIAMS(1)( SERGEI FEDOROV, RUSLAN SALEI ): 3rd 15:48
5. WCE. ALEX TANGUAY(1)( TRENT HUNTER, PAVEL DATSYUK ): 3rd 18:26

 P E N A L T I E S  S U M M A R Y
1. CAL. JUSTIN WILLIAMS - 2 Minutes: 1st 1:04
2. CAL. TREVOR LETOWSKI - 2 Minutes: 1st 7:44
3. CAL. BRYAN BERARD - 2 Minutes: 1st 12:55
4. WCE. SAMI SALO - 2 Minutes: 1st 12:55
5. CAL. RUSLAN SALEI - 2 Minutes: 2nd 0:26
6. CAL. PAUL MARA - 2 Minutes: 2nd 3:56
7. WCE. ADAM HALL - 2 Minutes: 2nd 8:22
8. WCE. BENCH PENALTY - 2 Minutes: 2nd 14:38
     EXTRA MINOR SERVED BY PAVEL DATSYUK
10. WCE. SAMI SALO - 2 Minutes: 3rd 4:28
11. CAL. ROB NIEDERMAYER - 2 Minutes: 3rd 16:54

 I N J U R I E S
NONE

Player Stats For Calgary Grizzlies
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
JASON ARNOTT                   -1   0  0  0   0  0  0   2-1 18 10:22  0   0  0  0 
BRYAN BERARD                    0   1  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 12  6:16  0   0  1  1 
RADEK BONK                     -2   0  0  0   0  0  0   2-0 15  9:37  1   0  0  0 
VALERI BURE                     0   4  1  0   0  0  0   0-0 28 15:56  1   0  0  1 
KYLE CALDER                    -2   2  0  0   0  0  0   1-0 24 14:42  1   0  1  1 
SERGEI FEDOROV                  2   2  0  2   0  0  0  14-6 46 25:03  0   0  2  2 
CHRIS GRATTON                   0   1  0  0   0  0  0   1-0 17 10:09  2   1  0  0 
JOHN LeCLAIR                    1   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 27 15:04  0   0  0  1 
TREVOR LETOWSKI                 0   2  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 26 14:34  1   0  0  0 
TONI LYDMAN                    -1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 53 30:58  0   0  0  0 
PAUL MARA                      -1   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 29 18:27  0   2  0  0 
DANNY MARKOV                    1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 26 14:36  0   0  0  0 
ROB NIEDERMAYER                 0   1  0  0   2  0  0   2-2 31 17:03  0   1  0  1 
RUSLAN SALEI                    1   1  0  1   2  0  0   0-0 40 22:02  0   3  0  0 
HENRIK SEDIN                    0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 17 10:09  0   0  0  0 
KIMMO TIMONEN                  -2   5  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 50 27:41  0   1  0  2 
RADIM VRBATA                   -2   1  0  0   0  0  0   2-0 18 11:29  0   0  0  0 
JUSTIN WILLIAMS                 1   4  1  0   2  0  0   0-0 30 16:38  1   1  1  0 
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TOTAL                          -5  26  2  3  12  0  0  24-9           7   9  5  9

Player Stats For West Coast Express
PLAYER                        +/- SOG  G  A PIM PP SH  FO-W AC    IT TA HIT SP AS
JOE THORNTON                   -1   1  0  0   0  0  0  10-4 36 19:29  0   1  1  1 
MIKE MODANO                     0   1  0  0   0  0  0   6-3 29 16:19  0   0  0  1 
TUOMO RUUTU                     0   2  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 22 12:43  2   0  1  1 
ALEX TANGUAY                    0   1  1  1   0  0  0   0-0 37 20:53  0   0  0  2 GWG
PAVEL DATSYUK                   2   4  1  1   0  0  0   3-3 21 12:34  0   0  2  2 
GARY ROBERTS                   -1   3  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 30 16:38  1   0  1  1 
BRAD RICHARDS                   0   3  1  0   0  0  0   4-4 31 17:08  0   0  1  2 
TRENT HUNTER                   -1   3  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 33 18:06  0   0  0  2 
TONY AMONTE                     2   1  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 24 14:26  0   0  0  1 
JAN BULIS                       0   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 11  6:24  0   0  0  0 
ETHAN MOREAU                    2   2  0  0   0  0  0   1-1 24 14:42  1   0  0  1 
ADAM HALL                       0   0  0  0   2  0  0   0-0 20 11:32  1   0  0  0 
MATTIAS OHLUND                  1   0  0  1   0  0  0   0-0 41 22:32  1   0  0  0 
DICK TARNSTROM                  2   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 44 24:26  0   2  0  1 
SCOTT HANNAN                   -1   1  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 40 24:31  1   4  0  0 
SAMI SALO                      -2   0  0  0   4  0  0   0-0 20 10:57  0   0  0  0 
BRIAN RAFALSKI                  1   2  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 35 21:24  2   0  0  1 
RHETT WARRENER                  1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0-0 15  8:48  0   1  0  0 
BENCH                                         2
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TOTAL                           5  24  3  6   8  0  0 24-15           9   8  6 16

Goalie Stats For Calgary Grizzlies
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
MARTIN PRUSEK                    59     24  3    0  7  5   104 LOSS
VESA TOSKALA                     0      0   0    0  0  0   0   

Goalie Stats For West Coast Express
PLAYER                          MIN  SHOTS GA  ENG GR GRS
DAVID AEBISCHER                  60     26  2    0  8  6   105 WIN
DAN CLOUTIER                     0      0   0    0  0  0   0   

POWER PLAY                    OPP   GOALS
Calgary Grizzlies             3         0
West Coast Express            5         0