Rider games, notebook and round the league.. and the usual drivel

With an overtime loss in Princeton and an  8-2 win in Osoyoos the Ghostriders picked up 3 of a possible 4 points last weekend.

In the old days before regular season OT and shootouts the saying was a tie is as good as a win on the road.

In Princeton Nikolas Sombrowski, and Dylan Defosse scored the goals and Zak Larson was in net, Zak was named as the Riders player of the game and the shots were even at 31.

In their 8-2 romp over Osoyoos  assistant captain Dylan Defosse had 3 goals and an assist, and was named as the Riders player of the game. Johnny Elias, Kyle Ford and Keelan Saworski had 3 point nights while Brendan Nemes and Greg Susinski each had a goal and an assist. Justin Faiella was in net for the win. The shots were 43-28 for the Riders

Ghostrider Notes

Eighteen year old Kyle Ford leads the team in scoring with 5 goals and 12 points and D-man Greg Susinski is right behind with 10 points. Ethan Jang and Eric Welford did not play last weekend because of injuries. Aidan Gleisner has 3 assists in his first four games. Dylan Defosse’s shorthanded goal in Osoyoos was the Riders 6th SHG in 9 games, next best is Nelson with 4. Sebastian Iannuzzi got his first point in Osoyoos. A new player for fans to watch is Johnny Elias who came over from the Rockies last week, he had 3 points in Osoyoos.

With 4 goals and an assist last weekend Dylan Defosse was picked as the  Tim Horton’s Player of the Week  and the McDonald’s Practice Player of the Week is Keelan Saworski

Round the League

Well it just seems strange that Osoyoos is battling North Oak for the final playoff spot this year. Under former boss Ken Law who was let go in the summer they were always in a first place battle... so far the Coyotes have 2 points and Ken Law’s new team in Kelowna has 21... and the top three scorers in the league

Who needs a new cell plan... the Nelson Leafs Head Coach Mario DiBella thats who... he didn’t check the Hockey Canada carding site before their game in Castlegar and inadvertently used an ineligible player so he was suspended one game and worst of all.... and hardest to explain to the players... the boys lost the two points.

Who has a nice new cell plan, and maybe other plans... The 2-7 Castlegar Rebels got both their wins after losing games to Nelson and North Okanagan then checking the Hockey Canada carding site to joyously find out that their opposition was using ineligible players. I wonder if they checked before the game and knew they would win.

Longtime Kamloops owner and GM Barry Dewar got caught trying to recruit two carded players from another team and was nailed for tampering. He got a year suspension and a $10,000 fine. Dewar appealed and had it reduced to 90 days and $1000. 

Now we hear BC Hockey wants their pound of flesh too. When they get involved it’s never good, see cages...

Thanks to the crossovers the Revelstoke Grizzlies are in town for their one and only regular season game here in Fernie. The Grizzlies have only played 6 games so far (Fernie has played 9) and they have a perfect 6-0 record and 5 of those games were on the road. They have also scored the most goals on average per game at 7.83

 Revy lost in the KIJHL final to Kimberley last year. Like m' or not Ryan Parent has done a pretty good job of rehabbing the Grizz in the last few years.

And finally... did I say how much I hate the new KIJHL site 10 times yet, if you use it to work and look up stats it is a cumbersome nuisance.