And that's a wrap...

More tomorrow night when I get home, but this has been way too long of a day/night to type anymore. So here's the release for the Scorps and a photo of Reeder's 4th goal. The guy absolutely owned the ice tonight...

Loveland, COLO. -

Former New Mexico Scorpion Konrad Reeder posted 5 points (4g, 1a) and the host Colorado Eagles used a 5-goal third period to defeat the Central Hockey League All-Stars in the CHL's 2008-2009 version of the midseason classic.
The all-star game format, in which a team of select players from around the league took on the host club, was a first for the CHL.
The two sides were tied at 3-3 entering the third period before Reeder, who had a goal in each of the first two periods, completed his hat trick at the 1:12 mark, finishing a textbook give-and-go with Eagles captain Greg Pankewicz. The marker started a 5-goal outburst that put the game well out of reach.
Ed McGrane put the Eagles up 5-3 at the 4:02 mark of the third when his wrist shot from the point eluded Laredo Bucks goaltender Sebastian Centomo. Riley Nelson added a powerplay goal at 5:13 to widen the gap to 6-3, one-timing a Scott Polaski pass from the high slot. Reeder finished his big night at the 8:26 mark, taking a Kevin Ulanski pass and outmaneuvering Centomo for a shorthanded goal. Jay Birnie capped the run at 15:15, firing a wrist shot under the crossbar from the left circle. The Arizona Sundogs' Joel Irving added a powerplay tally in the game's dying minutes to bring the CHL all-stars within 8-4. Scorpions defenseman Aaron MacInnis had an assist on the play for his lone point of the night.
The all-stars outshot the Eagles 49-31 for the contest, but goaltenders Andrew Penner and Morgan Cey stood strong between the pipes.
Reeder started the scoring for the Eagles just 1:12 into the game, stuffing a backdoor feed from Ulanski past starting netminder Andy Franck of the Oklahoma City Blazers. Pankewicz extended the lead to 2-0 at the 8:41 mark with a turnaround blast that beat Franck off the crossbar. The all-stars cut the lead in half in the final minute of the opening period, as Rio Grande Valley's Nicolas Dumoulin tipped a cross-ice feed from Amarillo's Sam Ftorek past Penner.
The momentum carried into the second period as Laredo's Darryl Smith cashed in on a turnover in deep to tie the game at 2-2 just 23 seconds into the middle stanza. Reeder answered with his second goal at the 2:58 mark to put the Eagles back in front, tipping in another back-door pass, this time from Ed McGrane. Odessa's Russ Moyer knotted things up once again at 15:54, beating Cey with a backhand on a partial breakaway.
Regular season action resumes on Friday, January 16 with all 16 CHL teams in action. The Scorpions travel to the Rushmore Plaza Civic Arena for their first ever matchup against the expansion Rapid City Rush. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. MST.