Bout Recap: Knockouts 250, Kats 54

NORTH TONAWANDA — The Alley Kats hopes to close out the regular season with a win ran into an issue in the form of the defending champion Nickel City Knockout’s blockers.

The Kats did an effective job of trading lead jammer status with the Knockouts through the early goings of the first period, but still found themselves trailing 47-14. Through the last 12 consecutive jams of the first half the Knockouts blockers managed to shut the Kats attack down to the tune of a 113-4 run.

The opening jam of the second half saw the Alley Kats’ Shank Ya Very Much deny the Knockouts’ Librawlian lead jammer status for the first time that evening, although the Knockouts still controlled things the rest of the way outscoring the Kats 90-36 in the second period for a 250-54 final.

The 196 point margin of victory is the largest ever seen in a QCRG home bout. The Knockouts dominance of this particular matchup has been remarkably consistent — since the Kats defeated the KOs in 2010 the Knockouts have won 5 straight against the Kats, the last 4 times with margins between 181 and 196 points. Having locked up the first and fourth seeds in the upcoming playoffs the Kats will look to reverse this trend on May 17th.

The most recent set of changes to the rules of flat track roller derby made their debut as well. These changes were intended to speed up pack play and to reduce the decrease the influence of penalties on the final score by reducing time spent in the penalty box to 30 seconds. Towards those ends the changes were effective — no single jam exceeded 20 points as shorter penalties and a speedier pack prevented jammers from lapping the pack in the speed that had been possible before.

Librawlian led the Knockouts in points with 153. Midnyt Maniac and Toots McGee added 35 and 34 points, with Team Captain Lamb Chop contributing 15 off of a star pass and Crazy Legs adding an additional 10. In all, 10 of the 14 Knockouts skating that night donned the star.

The Kats were led in points by jammers Evil-Lyn Cognito with 15 and Shank Ya Very Much with 13. Nova Cain, inSINerator, and Team Captain Bang GRRrang contributed 8, 8, and 6 points respectively. Six other Kats donned the star at points as well.

The Queen City Roller Girls next take the track on April 26th for Hell on Wheels VIII, a doubleheader. First up, the Lake Effect Furies, ranked 50th in the world by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, will host Tri-City Roller Derby (ranked 42nd) from Kitchener, Ontario, followed by the Devil Dollies and Suicidal Saucies 8th annual Hell on Wheels matchup. The Saucies lead this series 4 wins to 3.

~ 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
Nickel City Knockouts	20	7	27	82%	58%	70%	160	90	250
Alley Kats	16	11	27	18%	42%	30%	18	36	54

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[learn_more caption=”Jammer Statistics”]

		Points Scored			Lead Jams
Nickel City Knockouts		Jams	Points	PPJ	Lead	LJ%	NP
622	Librawlian	20	153	7.7	18	90%	0
46	Midnyt Maniac	7	35	5.0	4	57%	0
22	Toots McGee	13	34	2.6	8	62%	0
71	Lamb Chop	1	15	15.0	0	0%	0
24	Crazy Legs	2	10	5.0	2	100%	0
36	Unsung	1	3	3.0	0	0%	0
102	Legs Luther	1	0	0.0	0	0%	1
240	Ivana LeiHerOut	1	0	0.0	0	0%	0
320	Bear Lee Legal	1	0	0.0	0	0%	0
92	Little Orphan Angry	1	0	0.0	0	0%	0
Alley Kats		Jams	Points	PPJ	Lead	LJ%	NP
87	Evil-Lyn Cognito	12	15	1.3	3	25%	1
226	Shank Ya Very Much	14	13	0.9	5	36%	0
333	Nova Cain	7	8	1.1	3	43%	0
1666	inSINerator	3	8	2.7	1	33%	0
621	Bang GRRrang	3	6	2.0	1	33%	0
83	Karsmashian	2	4	2.0	1	50%	1
57	Knockin’ Das Boots	4	0	0.0	0	0%	2
44	ilana Gordon	2	0	0.0	0	0%	1
241	La’Batt Bruise	1	0	0.0	0	0%	0
555	Red Hairing	1	0	0.0	0	0%	0
9193	Knot Nice	1	0	0.0	0	0%	0

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[learn_more caption=”Skater Statistics”]

		Jams Played					Penalties		Plus/Minus
Devil Dollies		J	P	B	Total	Jam %	Total	Pen %	PF	PA	+/-
622	Librawlian	20	2	3	23	50%	0	0%	142	43	99
71	Lamb Chop	1	20	3	23	50%	5	22%	151	29	122
240	Ivana LeiHerOut	1	17	4	22	48%	2	9%	114	15	99
46	Midnyt Maniac	7	2	13	22	48%	0	0%	101	13	88
24	Crazy Legs	2	0	19	21	46%	4	19%	137	24	113
80	Sasa	0	1	17	18	39%	1	6%	83	25	58
22	Toots McGee	13	0	3	16	35%	2	13%	71	7	64
92	Little Orphan Angry	1	0	15	16	35%	3	19%	80	22	58
320	Bear Lee Legal	1	2	13	15	33%	2	13%	102	23	79
102	Legs Luther	1	1	11	13	28%	3	23%	52	15	37
585	Die Candy	0	0	13	13	28%	3	23%	66	15	51
140	Maggie de Sade	0	1	9	10	22%	1	10%	56	15	41
36	Unsung	1	0	8	9	20%	0	0%	44	5	39
61	Spicy Pierogi	0	0	9	9	20%	1	11%	46	4	42
99	Abercrombie & Fists	Did Not Skate
3	The Bombs	Did Not Skate
17	B-17	Did Not Skate
939	Super Mighty	Did Not Skate
Alley Kats		J	P	B	Total	Jam %	Total	Pen %	PF	PA	+/-
1666	inSINerator	3	16	5	22	48%	5	23%	23	89	-66
57	Knockin’ Das Boots	4	2	16	21	46%	2	10%	26	97	-71
369	PaulverizHer	0	0	20	20	43%	0	0%	22	104	-82
241	La’Batt Bruise	1	9	9	19	41%	3	16%	27	83	-56
44	ilana Gordon	2	9	6	16	35%	4	25%	18	145	-127
226	Shank Ya Very Much	14	0	2	15	33%	0	0%	20	64	-44
100	Flocking Girl Scout	0	0	14	14	30%	1	7%	20	68	-48
9193	Knot Nice	1	0	14	14	30%	4	29%	7	90	-83
83	Karsmashian	2	0	11	13	28%	3	23%	13	75	-62
87	Evil-Lyn Cognito	12	1	0	13	28%	2	15%	11	54	-43
555	Red Hairing	1	0	12	12	26%	1	8%	9	72	-63
27	Kryptonfite	0	0	11	11	24%	0	0%	13	100	-87
29	Toxic Shocker	0	0	11	11	24%	0	0%	6	51	-45
621	Bang GRRrang	3	7	1	11	24%	1	9%	21	21	0
1019	OCDiesel	0	0	10	10	22%	1	10%	4	92	-88
333	Nova Cain	7	2	0	8	17%	0	0%	15	40	-25
1759	Marci Beaucoup	Did Not Skate
123	YuNita Bakhoff	Did Not Skate

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