Ghostrider update Dec 4- wins, mastermind,conductive,coach of the year beer section and the usual drivel

THE TEDDY BEAR TOSS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THIS FRIDAY DECEMBER 7TH

The Ghostriders only played one game last weekend and that was a 2-1 win against Kimberley that ruined their 12 game win streak. 

I thought at first that maybe the the Nitro's were a bit off and had big heads after winning so many in a row. I also thought  that the determination they faced in that game would have slowed down any team in the league. 

But I was wrong (no really) cause head coach and General Mastermind  Derek Stuart had this to say in the paper.

"I hope our guys learned a valuable lesson playing in that arena. It's not conducive to the way hockey is played nowadays."The skill and making plays in that arena its irrelevant, its so small.”

How to not get the coach of the year award,101- never give another team credit for a win. FYI the coaches vote on the award themselves.

Riley Fonger was in net and was the Rider game star, Nitro G Adam Andersen was also a game star.  Aiden Gleisner from Kyle Ford and Niki Sombrowski scored the first goal then Jordan Kromm from Gavin Lawrie and Greg Susinski scored the game winning goal. All the scoring was in the first period.

There was even a fight well sort of compared to a few years ago featuring on the main card Kyle Ford and KD's Mitch Fargey...thanks guys... you should do that during the stupid buzz killing media timeouts the KIJHL forces us to endure every period...cause we have so many adds we just can’t get them in during all the other stoppages. 

The KD game was easily the hardest I’ve seen the Riders play so far this year. Coach Jeff Wagner tells RN that the boys have been playing that way for the last five games, but agrees that the Kimberley game set a new bar.

If the guys scored on even half of the breakaways the Riders could have ran away with it... oh I forgot (in just a few paragraphs too) that small rink takes away all the skill.

After last weekend the Riders were second overall on the penalty kill at 88.68% and are tenth overall on the power play at 16%.

Gavin Lawrie had an assist in his first game and seems like a pretty good acquisition.

Brendan Nemes was like a bowling ball vs Kimbo and he was named as November’s Boston Pizza Player of the Month. Kyle Ford and Keelan Saworski were the POM's in September and October.

The McDonald’s Practice Player of the Week was Dylan Defosse and the Tim Horton’s Player of the Week is Sebastian Iannuzzi. Wagner says  “they do the little things the fans don’t notice” 

Injuries- Greg Susinski, Owen Titus and Keelan Saworski are all unlikely for this weekend. 

After the players did their traditional winning skate around the rink they all came back and jumped up into the glass in front of the beer section, kinda like what the Carolina Hurricanes do. The boozers loved it... and they pay the freight, Im all for it.

At the December 1st cutdown day GM Jeff Wagner sent Chase Fioretti to the Nanaimo Buccaneers then brought in forward Gavin Lawrie who was with the Summerland Steam last season. Wagner also sent Kevin Duguid  to Beaver Valley where he will team up with former Rider Cole Gibson and be coached by BV’s Terry Jones who after beating first place Revelstoke last weekend now has 1000 KIJHL wins as a head coach. Quite an accomplishment...lucky for TJ they have bigger ice... 

Friday  the Spokane Braves are in town, this is the only time this season we see Spokane. The Ghostriders played in Spokane back on September 7th, it was the first game of the season for both teams and the Riders won 5-4 in overtime when Jordan Kromm scored his second goal of the game.

Spokane’s top scorer is 17 year old rookie Bear Hughes, he has 29 goals in 26 games and a total of 45 points. I want to see him, and see if the Riders can keep him off the game sheet... they have stopped a few top scorers lately, all of Kimberley’s, and the week before 20 goal scorer Rocket Dominic Turner, who also kinda plays with an edge, and we like that.