Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Comets Fall in Game One

The Kansas City Comets kicked off the Ron Newman Cup Final series on Sunday at Cable Dahmer Arena. A tight battle with the Chihuahua Savage led to a 4-3 loss as the Savage scored the final three goals to take the 1-0 series lead to Mexico for the second leg tomorrow. To win the series, it’ll be an uphill battle for KC as they’ll have to win game two and then the game three mini game to win the trophy. In doing so they’ll have to accomplish two things and each thing has only been accomplished by one team this season. They’ll have to win a game in Chihuahua’s Corner Sports Arena, where the Savage have only lost to one team this season, the Monterrey Flash. If they do in fact beat Chihuahua, they’d also be only the second US based team to win a game in Mexico this season, as the only other team to win there was the Milwaukee Wave, who topped Monterrey in Monterrey in the playoffs to knock the Flash out of the playoffs.

Here are the stats and milestones from Sunday’s game.

KC Comets

The announced attendance of 5,523 is the largest playoff crowd in the history of this version of the Comets. It is the 5th largest Comets’ crowd at Cable Dahmer Arena, and the 7th largest crowd in the team’s history.

Ignacio Flores’s 2 assists gave him 75 in all competitions for KC, moving him ahead of Ramone Palmer and into 6th all time on that list.

The 2 assists gave Flores 4 in the playoffs for KC, tying him with Brian Harris and Zach Reget for 13th all time on that list.

Flores made his 22nd playoff appearance for KC, breaking his tie with Bryan Perez for 8th all time on that list.

Rian Marques’s goal was his 13th in the playoffs for KC, tying him with Ignacio Flores for 4th all time on that list.

Marques’s goal gave him 20 points in the playoffs for KC, breaking his tie with Byron Alvarez for 5th all time on that list.

Robert Palmer made his 27th playoff appearance for KC, breaking his tie with Vahid Assadpour for 4th all time on that list.

Ray Lee made his 99th appearance in all competitions for KC, tying him with Milan Ivanovic for 12th all time on that list.

Nicolau Neto made his 96th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Kiel Williams for 15th all time on that list.

Lucas Sousa’s 2 goals gave him 11 in the playoffs for KC, breaking his tie with Ramone Palmer 6th all time on that list.

Sousa’s 2 goals gave him 80 in all competitions, breaking his tie with Flores and Harris for 8th all time on that list.

Sousa and Flores both recorded 2 points, giving them 17 in the playoffs for KC, breaking their tie with Lucas Rodriguez for 7th all time on that list.

Sousa made his 95th appearance in all competitions, tying him with Williams for 16th all time on that list.

KC Indoor

Ramone Palmer made his 35th playoff appearance for KC indoor teams, tying him with Edward Carmean for 13th all time on that list.

Robert Palmer made his 27th playoff appearance for KC indoor teams, breaking his tie with Assadpour and Jon Parry for 20th all time on that list.

Marques’s goal was his 13th in the playoffs for KC indoor teams, tying him with Jeff Rogers and Ignacio Flores for 19th all time on that list.