Complex sentence: The clean playing Chiefs are out-matched and brutally battered by the Syracuse Bulldogs in the first period, and in the locker room a furious McGrath tells the losing Chiefs that there are NHL scouts in the stands.
Split into simpler sentences: The clean playing Chiefs are out-matched and brutally battered by the Syracuse Bulldogs in the first period. In the locker room, a furious McGrath tells the losing Chiefs that there are NHL scouts in the stands.