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.

Photo by Chris Kalisiak
Photo by Chris Kalisiak
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.

Photo by Chris Kalisiak
Photo by Chris Kalisiak
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.

Photo by Chris Kalisiak
Photo by Chris Kalisiak
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.

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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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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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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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