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XHL · Season OneJanuary 15, 1900CANONICAL · XHL-S1-041

Sabercats prevail on the pregame edge

Houston Comets at Cincinnati Sabercats

Houston Comets 3 · Cincinnati Sabercats 4

Sepia illustration of hockey players and bundled spectators inside a circa-1900 timber-roofed rink
Fictional XHL rink illustration in a circa-1900 photographic style. Generated artwork; not a photograph of this game or its players.

CINCINNATI, JANUARY 15, 1900.— Cincinnati Sabercats claimed the decision over Houston Comets after regulation finished level at 3–3. The reported final is 4–3, including one team-only tiebreak point. It adds no player goal, assist, shot or goalie goal allowed. The actual goal count was 3 for Sabercats and 3 for Comets.

Jeff Henry finished with 1 goal and 1 assist, for 2 player points. Every goal scored by the Sabercats carried the ordinary one-point value. The pregame edge proved decisive.

Period 1 scoring pointsComets 0 · Sabercats 0
Period 2 scoring pointsComets 1 · Sabercats 2
Period 3 scoring pointsComets 2 · Sabercats 1
Physical goals: 3–3. Two-point goals count as one goal and two player points for the scorer. Assists earn one point each. Pregame winner: Cincinnati Sabercats · 5 round(s). Targets are excluded from game goals, shots and assists.

Scoring ledger

ClockTeamScorerAssistsValueContext
P2 · 5Cincinnati SabercatsJeff HenryUnassisted1Normal
P2 · 7Houston CometsGarrett LuterJ. T. Vigneault1Normal
P2 · 12Cincinnati SabercatsVladimir TkachevRob Genoway1Normal
P3 · 4Houston CometsGavin PrimoCliff Bordner, Sean Kelleher1Combination breakaway
P3 · 8Houston CometsGarrett LuterIan Sutter1Normal
P3 · 17Cincinnati SabercatsRob GenowayVladimir Tkachev, Jeff Henry1Power play

Player totals

PlayerGAPTSTwo-point G
Jeff Henry1120
Garrett Luter2020
J. T. Vigneault0110
Vladimir Tkachev1120
Rob Genoway1120
Gavin Primo1010
Cliff Bordner0110
Sean Kelleher0110
Ian Sutter0110

Engine: Hockey Blast Full + XHL 0.1.4. Scores and target outcomes observed from the played ledger; totals and narrative derived. Lineups are editable estimates. Rink artwork is fictional. XHL records remain separate from historical Hockey.

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