Kale Kessy is killing it right now. This playoffs he's got loose for a hat trick, another hat trick,
in addition to an OT series clincher. Dude's been a candidate for the Cy Young, with 11G / 2A in 10 games - while picking up only 8 penalty minutes. Watching the video highlights of that Game 4 of the Kelowna series, it appears as though the Blazers put together a nice highlight package. They even show most of the penalties, although that may be in part due to the heat created by the 11-to-1 powerplay ratio handed out in this game.
Kessy's had a pretty interesting year. Started out in Medicine Hat, where he picked up his 7th WHL suspension - 12 games worth - which is how he caught my attention. While suspended, he was traded to Vancouver, and that team struggled. At the deadline, Kamloops picked him up for the stretch run. Kessy put up 25 points in 31 games for the Blazers - against 44 PIM's. He helped balance the top two lines for them, which can prove to be extremely valuable.
At the NHL trade deadline, he saw his rights go from Phoenix to Edmonton - and the Oilers turned around and signed him.
I'm a big second-chance guy. That being said, I'm a little concerned that Kessy could start running around and really hurt someone - which is an issue being how my favorite team is about to see him over and over for the next week-and-a-half. I'm hoping he's taken a page out of Matt Cooke's book and has turned over a new leaf. If he hurts the 'Hawks playing hard and scoring goals - I can live with that.
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