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At the end of the second period, the Mahoning Valley Phantoms lead the Topeka RoadRunners two goals to one.

Topeka’s Bryon Paulazzo tried to sneak the puck out from behind Mahoning Valley’s Chad Boeckman in the second period.

At the end of the second period, the Bandits lead the RoadRunners with a score of 4-to-0.

I don’t think these guys realize that it is 40-degrees in here…oh well, more power to them. And talk about luck, I was walking by this group of kids when the Bandits scored.

Mahoning Valley melted Alexandria with a final score of 6-to-1. With the loss to the Phantoms, the Blizzard were eliminated from the Robertson Cup Championship.

Alexandria’s Mikael Lickteig pauses after they lost to Mahoning Valley. The Blizzards went 0-for-3 in the round robin portion of the tournament.

Gotta love pre-game signage.

At the end of the second period, the Bandits and Phantoms are tied up with two goals a piece.

Mahoning Valley’s Derek Graham tries to check St. Louis’ Jeff Ceccacci off the puck in the second period.

Members of the St. Louis Bandits play “sewer ball” in the weight room of the Hardee’s Ice Plex prior to getting dressed.

Topeka defeated Alexandria 4-to-2 in Game 3.

A goal by Aaron Gens at 7:18 of the third period proved to be the game winner for the RoadRunners. Dennis Brown reacts.

Alexandria’s Joe Hartman battles Topeka’s Eriah Hayes for the puck in the third period.

The Topeka RoadRunners and Alexandria Blizzard are currently tied with two goals a piece going into the third period.

There was a little scrum towards the end of the second period. It took a few moments of wrestling for referee Tom Steinel to get the situation under control. But hey, it made for a good photo so I can’t complain.

Ben Miller celebrates his second goal of the game late in the third period. The Bandits came away with a win over the Blizzard, 3-to-2.

At the end of the second period of play, St. Louis currently leads Alexandria with a score of 2-0.

Sam Bozoian tries to snag the puck from Brandon Larson (front) during the second period.