Bout Recap: Knockouts 171, Saucies 148

The Queen City Roller Girls closed out their 8th home season in style, as the 2-time defending champion Nickel City Knockouts looked to hold off the challengers, the former 4-time champion Suicidal Saucies.

The Saucies opened strong, grabbing lead jam on 6 of the first 8 jams and tying the score at 34-34 following a 14 point jam from B’Kini Whacks, and doing a good job of lead jam status to limit opportunities for the Knockouts to score points. The Knockouts would immediately strike back, however, notching 21 and 22 points on the next 2 jams from Abercrombie & Fists and Librawlian (off of a star pass), respectively, to open things back up at 77-41. The margin remained mostly unchanged the rest of the first half, with both teams trading shorter jams before heading into the break with a 111-69 point spread.

The second half opened with the Saucies rallying – closing a 50 point margin to a mere 19 by Jam 12, behind 17 and 15 point Jams by Flame Throw-Her and Alley Oops. The Knockouts countered this, holding the Saucies to 1 point over the next 5 jams to take a 155-125 lead with a few minutes to go. The Saucies entered the final jam down 171-138 – despite efforts by Flame and B’Kini – and 6 penalties accumulated by the Knockouts in that single jam – could not complete the number of laps needed, the final score 171-148.

The Knockouts managed to hoist the Queen City Cup for the third consecutive season – as this is the final QCRG home season at their original home in Rainbow Rink. The original Queen City Cup trophy was retired and donated to Barb & Maury Cooper, owners of Rainbow Rink, after the bout as a thank you for 8 terrific seasons in North Tonawanda.

For the Knockouts, Librawlian was held to a season low 80 points, the Saucies blockers making a concerted defensive effort to limit her chances to control lead jam throughout the bout to the tune of a 50% lead jam percentage, down from 88.2% on the rest of the season. Abercrombie & Fists and Toots McGee contributed the remaining Knockout points, with 52 and 39 respectively. B’Kini Whacks led the Saucies with 49 points, followed by Alley Oops and Flame Throw-Her with 41 and 33 respectively. MissFire and Wrecks Kitten contributed an additional 17 and 8 points – MissFire drawing the task of countering Librawlian for 9 of her 14 jams.

The 45 penalties accumulated by the Knockouts is the most in a bout this season. By contrast this was the third time this year the Saucies notched less than 20 penalties – no other team committed fewer than 21. With the win, the Knockouts are undefeated within QCRG dating back to their loss in the 2011 Cup Championship against the Devil Dollies. Both of their games against the Saucies this season – a 13 point win in March, and a 23 point win here – are their closest margins of victory in that span.

QCRG has one more game left this season at Rainbow Rink — the Lake Effect Furies will host Burning River Roller Derby (Cleveland, OH) on June 28th, preceded by the Queen City Junior Roller Girls hosting the Ithaca junior team. Details on QCRG’s 2015 home season in downtown Buffalo at Riverworks will be announced later this summer.

~ Giant Boy Detective

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[learn_more caption=”Team Statistics”]

	Penalties			Lead Jam %			Score
	1st	2nd	Total	1st	2nd	Total	1st	2nd	Total
Suicidal Saucies	12	7	19	55%	55%	55%	69	79	148
Nickel City Knockouts	19	26	45	40%	45%	43%	111	60	171

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[learn_more caption=”Jammer Statistics”]

		Points Scored			Lead Jams
Suicidal Saucies		Jams	Points	PPJ	Lead	LJ%	NP
21	B’kini Whacks	11	49	4.5	7	64%	0
42	Alley Oops	9	41	4.6	5	56%	0
220	Flame Throw-Her	8	33	4.1	4	50%	0
252	MissFire	14	17	1.2	6	43%	0
73	Wrecks Kitten	2	8	4.0	0	0%	0
972	Alli Snatcher	1	0	0.0	0	0%	1
Nickel City Knockouts		Jams	Points	PPJ	Lead	LJ%	NP
622	Librawlian	16	80	5.0	8	50%	1
99	Abercrombie & Fists	11	52	4.7	5	45%	1
22	Toots McGee	13	39	3.0	4	31%	2
71	Lamb Chop	1	0	0.0	0	0%	0
46	Midnyt Maniac	1	0	0.0	0	0%	1

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[learn_more caption=”Skater Statistics”]

		Jams Played					Penalties		Plus/Minus
Suicidal Saucies		J	P	B	Total	Jam %	Total	Pen %	PF	PA	+/-
54	Head Huntress	0	0	23	23	58%	2	9%	105	101	4
73	Wrecks Kitten	2	16	5	21	53%	0	0%	105	88	17
610	Wailing Wench	0	0	20	20	50%	3	15%	93	101	-8
972	Alli Snatcher	1	19	1	20	50%	0	0%	43	87	-44
20	Beatrix Boom	0	0	17	17	43%	1	6%	43	74	-31
111	Bella Stiletto	0	0	16	16	40%	1	6%	34	48	-14
1717	Joyride	0	0	15	15	38%	2	13%	67	90	-23
252	MissFire	14	1	0	14	35%	0	0%	17	72	-55
21	B’kini Whacks	11	3	0	12	30%	1	8%	84	37	47
906	Gibby S’More	0	0	12	12	30%	2	17%	40	36	4
42	Alley Oops	9	2	2	11	28%	4	36%	47	70	-23
220	Flame Throw-Her	8	0	2	8	20%	2	25%	38	21	17
28	Bully Holiday	0	0	5	5	13%	1	20%	1	5	-4
51	Roxanne Debris	0	0	4	4	10%	0	0%	0	16	-16
224	Cuban Mistress Crisis	0	0	1	1	3%	0	0%	15	0	15
850	Constance Wearing	0	0	1	1	3%	0	0%	8	9	-1
187	Homicidal Barbie	Did Not Skate
416	Hot Damnsel	Did Not Skate
79	Notorious V.A.G.	Did Not Skate
74	Arti Choker	Did Not Skate
Nickel City Knockouts		J	P	B	Total	Jam %	Total	Pen %	PF	PA	+/-
240	Ivana LeiHerOut	0	13	10	23	58%	4	17%	78	82	-4
46	Midnyt Maniac	1	2	19	22	55%	5	23%	89	91	-2
71	Lamb Chop	1	14	7	21	53%	5	24%	92	70	22
140	Maggie de Sade	0	1	19	20	50%	4	20%	98	92	6
24	Crazy Legs	0	5	13	18	45%	7	39%	90	41	49
622	Librawlian	16	4	0	18	45%	4	22%	93	48	45
99	Abercrombie & Fists	11	0	4	14	35%	2	14%	63	16	47
22	Toots McGee	13	0	0	13	33%	3	23%	39	76	-37
80	Sasa	0	0	9	9	23%	1	11%	23	29	-6
320	Bear Lee Legal	0	0	8	8	20%	2	25%	11	28	-17
585	Die Candy	0	0	8	8	20%	3	38%	68	27	41
92	Little Orphan Angry	0	0	8	8	20%	3	38%	21	46	-25
102	Legs Luther	0	0	7	7	18%	2	29%	37	29	8
61	Spicy Pierogi	0	0	5	5	13%	0	0%	41	18	23
36	Unsung	0	0	4	4	10%	0	0%	12	17	-5
939	Super Mighty	Did Not Skate
3	The Bombs	Did Not Skate
17	B-17	Did Not Skate

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