Riders win 5-2

The Ghostriders evened up their series against Kimberley with a 5-2 win.

The Riders Aaron Neufeld from Evan Reid and Sam Plaquin scored first on the the power play but then the  Dynamiters answered back with two power play goals of their own. James Jowsey and Braden Saretsky scored the goals.

In the second the Riders Joel Burgess from Justin Peers scored the tying goal and Tayler Sincennes from Sam Plaquin and Aaron Neufeld scored what would turn out to be the game winner.

The Riders added two more in the third, Aaron Neufeld from Burgess and Burgess from Derek Georgopoulos and Cavin Tilsey scored the final touches. Jeff Orser was in net again and made one particularly big save in the third to help demoralize the Nitro's.

The Riders were 1-6  and Kimberley was 2-5 on the power play and the shots were even at 29. Kimberley had territory for much of the game but the Riders kept them to the outside for the most part. As the players were leaving the ice Nitro Coach Jerry Bancks was goin at it with the referee. There were 663 fans at the game and games 3 and 4 will go in Kimberley Wednesday and Friday then back home in Fernie Saturday night.