The Ghostriders won the first three games in their best of seven playoff series with the Golden Rockets.
Game #1 7-1 WIN
In game one played here in Fernie last Wednesday the Riders scored 5 in the first and 2 in the third for a 7-1 win. Fernie went3-6 on the power play and out shot Golden 35-23. The Rockets lone goal was on the power play by Braden Alkins.
Game #1 7-1 WIN
In game one played here in Fernie last Wednesday the Riders scored 5 in the first and 2 in the third for a 7-1 win. Fernie went3-6 on the power play and out shot Golden 35-23. The Rockets lone goal was on the power play by Braden Alkins.
Cole Keebler had a big night scoring a PP goal and adding 3 assists. Joel Burgess had what would turn out to be the game winner plus had had 2 assists. Sam Plaquin had 2 goals and an assist, Spencer Bender scored 2 and Justin Peers had a goal and an assist. D man Evan Reid had 2 assists and Aaron Neufeld capped all the scoring off with 3 assists. Jeff Orsercame close to a shutout but gave up a PP goal but still stopped 22 of 23 for the win in net.
The Ghostriders had 609 fans come out to watch the big win and the chicken dance last Wendesday.
Game # 2 6-2 Win
On Friday night in Golden the Rockets Cole Mckechney scored a shorthanded goal five minutes into the game then the Riders stormed back with three goals of their own in the first and one in the second for a 4-1 lead.
On Friday night in Golden the Rockets Cole Mckechney scored a shorthanded goal five minutes into the game then the Riders stormed back with three goals of their own in the first and one in the second for a 4-1 lead.
In the third the Rockets Braden Alkins fired one in making it 4-2 but the Riders ruined their comeback attempt with two more goals.
Spencer Bender scored the game winner in the first period. Other scorers were Sam Plaquin, Joel Burgess, Jason Yan, Justin Peers (1 G 1 A) and Aaron Neufeld with 1 G 2 A. Cole Keebler had 2 assists as well.
The Rockets outshot Fernie 28-25 but Jeff Orser stoned them only allowing two goals.
Fernie was 1-8 on the power play and killed all 3 power plays Golden had.
Full story from the @RocketsGolden 6-2 loss to the Ghostriders in game 2: http://www.thegoldenstar.net/kijhl/293138751.html … #KIJHL #Playoffs
Tongue in cheek rendition of three blind mice over the loudspeakers. Nice touch from the Rockets' sound crew.
Riders coach asking his team to stop chirping Golden, saying they'll shake their hands when they win the series.
KIJHL retweeted
On Sunday night here in Fernie
The Riders opened the scoring on the PK when Sam Plaquin stole the puck off a Rocket defender on their blue line than fed Aaron Neufeld who beat the Rocket's Viberg for a 1-0 lead. Braden Alkins tied the game on the PP mid period then Plaquin scored one of his own on a partial breakaway just before he was helped into the net resulting in a few flying bodies a broken goal stick and and the net off it's moorings.
There was no scoring in the second but in the third Plaquin and Neufeld set up Derek Georgopoulos for a 3-1 lead, then Evan Reid made the pass of the night right on the stick of Spencer Bender who barely had to move his hands to tap the puck in for the final goal.
As in the first game Jeff Orser was near perfect only letting in one goal, 3 games 3 wins a 1.33 goals against average and he stopped 94.7 % of the shots he faced.
| Jeff Orser (FG) | 3 | 3 | 1.33 | .947 |
Our sharp eyed Fernie Free Press reporter Sara Moulton shows us why the Rider goal in the second period was disallowed (Golden also had one turned back as well but we don't take those pics lmfao)
Rider "C" Dylan Robertson receives
the Eddie Mountain Division Champions
Banner from KIJHL VP Phil Iddon
- Video Round 1 Game 2 of Eddie Mountain Div Playoffs @RocketsGolden vs Fernie Ghostriders. @kijhl @RiderNewsKIJHL http://youtu.be/AztFM2ZmT40
Jamie Fitzgerald
Easy Street-
Let someone else write
Sara Moulton had a couple of stories of interest last week 1st Jeff Rayman- 2nd the 20 Bombs
Fernie son @jraymo2 is living the dream in the WHL (@GMPPhotography photo) http://www.thefreepress.ca/sports/292298341.html …
Bittersweet story for this hack to put together this week "@FernieFreePress: Riding together in the KIJHL http://www.thefreepress.ca/sports/292097711.html …"
Round the League
In Kimberley the Nitro's won 2-0 and tied their series with Creston at 1-1.
In Beaver Valley Nelson won 5-4 in tripple OT to tie their series at 1-1
In Castlegar Spokane won 6-3 tying their series at 1-1
In Summerland Kelowna got a 3-1 win tying their series at 1-1
In Chase the Heat won 5-2 over 100 Mile tying their series at 1-1
In Osoyoos Princeton won 4-3 in OT tying their series at 1-1
In Kamloops the Storm won 5-2 over Sicamous and lead 2-0
A Tweet from Summerland on a suspension.
.ca. @JackMills0 susp 1 gm for 2nd G
Interference in same game. Tough pill to swallow for
@SteamKIJHL heading into Gm 3.
But It didn't matter last night... because
Summerland 10 @ Kelowna 4 Steam now leads 2-1
Paulson Lautard 3 G Daylan Robertson 4 A Wilson,
Interference in same game. Tough pill to swallow for
@SteamKIJHL heading into Gm 3.
But It didn't matter last night... because
Summerland 10 @ Kelowna 4 Steam now leads 2-1
Paulson Lautard 3 G Daylan Robertson 4 A Wilson,
Eliuk, Jones 1 G 1 A Huber the W in net. Steam had 5 PP G's
Again this year the KIJHL won't tell us who their award winners are until they have handed them out making us use Tweets (sometimes no better than rumours) for our information . Fair enough KI... but as you hand them out at least post the winners...
Kamloops Storm retweeted
Keaton Gordon named rookie of the year for the KIJHL, also for the division. Ian Chrystal honoured as the division's leading scorer.
Kamloops Storm retweeted
Kamloops also receives second consecutive banner as Doug Birks division champions.
Players with big games
Creston 0 @ Kimberley 2 Series 1-1
Tyson Brouwer the shut out Coy Prevost from James Jowsey and Lincoln Lane and Jason Richter from Jared Marchi and Keenan Haase score the PP goals
Nelson5 @ Beaver Valley 4 Series 1-1
Rayce Miller (1 G 2A) scores the 3rd OT GW Crawford 3 G Fyfe 1 G Mailhoit the W in net. BV A Pruss Hope Anderson and McLean 1 G Shots 58-45 BV
Princeton 4 @ Osoyoos 3 OT Series 1-1
Morton Johnston (1 G 1 A) from Bryan Kromm and Estevan Hale score the OT GW Bergh Schaber and Klinger the G's. Heslop the W in net shots 59-29 Coyotes. Bell 2 G
Sicamous 0 @ Kamloops 3
Jake Mullen the shutout. Bazian 2 G Friesen 1 G Series 1-0 Kamloops
100 Mile 4@ Chase 3 OT
Cole Zimmerman (2) from Brett Harris score the OT GW -Lynch & Suidy 1 G 1 A ea Stead the W in net. Chase 2 PP G Boyle 2 G Wilde 1 PP G Att 322
Creston 2 @ Kimberley 1 OT
Connor Ward the OT GW Cartwright 1 G Lefebvre the W Shots 31-20 Kimberley Roy 1 G Att 589 Series 1-0 Creston
Nelson 0 @ Beaver Valley 5
Drake Poirier the shutout Allan Pruss 2G 1 A Stafford- Weegar 1 G 1 A Swanson 1 G Att 180 Shots 31-22
Princeton 0 @ Osoyoos 4
Brett Soles the shutout Braid 1 PP G - J Glimpel R Glimpel Azevedo 1 G ea Series 1-0 Osoyoos
Golden 1 @ Fernie 7 series 1-0 Fernie
Fernie scores 5 in the 1st and 2 in the 3rd go 3-6 on the PP
Cole Keebler 1 G 3 A Plaquin 2 G 1 A J Burgess 1 G 2 A Neufeld 3 A Orser the W in net. Att 609
Cole Keebler 1 G 3 A Plaquin 2 G 1 A J Burgess 1 G 2 A Neufeld 3 A Orser the W in net. Att 609
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Summerland Steam's
Paulsen Lautard
Paulsen scored three times as the
Steam took the Okanagan Division
Semi Final series to a 2-1 lead over
Kelowna with a resounding 10-4
win on the road Feb. 22
Nelson Leafs'
Rayce Miller
Rayce scored the gaming-winning
3rd OT goal, lifting the Leafs to a 5-4 win
and a knotted Neil Murdoch Semi Final
series at one game apiece
A Who's Hot from Saturday AM
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| Castlegar Rebels' Aaron Petten  Aaron scored twice, including the game winner plus added an assist as the Rebels take a 1-0 series lead over Spokane with a 4-3 home win on Feb. 20PLAYER PROFILE |
Fernie Ghostriders'
Cole Keebler
Cole scored once and added three assists
as the Ghostriders routed the Rockets 7-1
in Game of the Eddie Mountain Division Semi
Final Feb. 18
PLAYER PROFILE
| PLAYER | GP | G | A | P |
| Aaron Neufeld (FG) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Sam Plaquin (FG) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Nick Josephs (KC) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Cole Keebler (FG) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Kaleb Boyle (CH) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Justin Peers (FG) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Spencer Bender (FG) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Allan Pruss (BVN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Chad Wilde (CH) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Ethan Rusnack (KC) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
We know that all the players know each other and follow what the other guys are doing, especially at the higher levels. Most KIJHL players would love to play in the WHL so here's a fascinating read on who was voted (by insiders, not guys like me) as the WHL's best. http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/02/15/3413032/best-of-the-west-2015.html … …. Includes Cranbrook's Ben Betker...who was once a Rider AP
Brandon Formosa played with Creston last year and was considered by some to be a bad guy because of the suspensions etc. But if you were around here in the 90's and remember the weekly line brawls and all the carnage from that era, you would probably say that Formosa was just one of the guys, but skill wise he was a hi end beauty and any team would have wanted him...
Brandon Formosa played with Creston last year and was considered by some to be a bad guy because of the suspensions etc. But if you were around here in the 90's and remember the weekly line brawls and all the carnage from that era, you would probably say that Formosa was just one of the guys, but skill wise he was a hi end beauty and any team would have wanted him...
KIJHL 
Tory Caldwell Creston Thunder Cats @CV_Thundercats
Huge congratulations to #TCats & @KIJHL alum Brandon Formosa @Mosaa81 on being named @WesternCHL Rookie of the Year with @UCOBronchos!
I have put their KIJHL teams next to their names but I probably missed some, If you have more info put it in the comments at the end of this post and I'll add them.
| 2014-15 Regular Season | M1 Central Oklahoma / University of | 34 | 19 | 27 | 46 |
| # | Name | Pos | Shots | Height | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patchett, Bretton | G | L | 6-0 | Red Deer, Alberta |
| 3 | Minx, Tyler | D | L | 6 ’2″ | Oklahoma City |
| 4 | Wyatt, Josh | F | R | 6′ 1″ | Victoria |
| 7 | Rivera, Michael | CE | R | 5” 8 | El Paso |
| 8 | Leblanc, Trevor | D | L | 6′ 1″ | Squamish, B.C.-(Creston) |
| 9 | Johnson, Kurtis | Ce | R | 6′ 0″ | Clive, Alberta (Chase) |
| 10 | Skold, Daniel | F | L | 5’11″ | Stockholm |
| 11 | Hohl, Gaven | LW | L | 6 ’2″ | Victoria |
| 12 | Harley, Brandon | RW | R | 5’11″ | Stouffville |
| 14 | Jansen, Nicholas | RW | R | 5′ 8″ | Lindenhurst IL |
| 15 | Meyer, Cyril | D | L | 6′ 3″ | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 16 | Kressner, Peter | D | L | 6′ 1″ | Vasteras, Sweden |
| 17 | Nygardh, Philip | D | L | 6′ 1″ | Leksand |
| 18 | Formosa, Brandon | CE | R | 6” 1 | Mission (Creston) |
| 19 | Grauer, Nolan | CE | L | 5-10 | Seattle |
| 21 | Hodder, Andrew | D | L | 5’10″ | Houston (Creston) |
| 22 | Martin, Darren | D | R | 6′ 0″ | Calgary, AB (Kimberley Osoyoos) |
| 23 | Daughtry, Jake | F | R | 6′ 3″ | victoria |
| 26 | Wellman, Travis | F | L | 5′ 5″ | Calgary (Nelson) |
| 29 | Khalaf, Shane | F | R | 5′ 9″ | Tulsa, OK |
| 30 | Caldwell, Tory | G | L | 5′ 9″ | Oliver (Fernie Kamloops Kimberley) |
| 41 | Yee, Trevor | F | L | 5′ 7″ | Victoria |
| 44 | Prigge, Matt | D | R | 6 ”2 | San Mateo |
| 61 | Roorda, Chad | D | R | 6′ 4″ | Victoria |
| 89 | Rice, Sam | F | R | 6 ’2″ | Victoria |
| 91 | Duley, Rylan | LW | L | 6′ 5″ | Kimberley (Kimberley) |
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