Friday the Beaver Valley Nitehawks are in town, this is the third and final time these two teams will play this year. The Hawks won the first two games so Friday will be the Ghostriders last chance to beat them in the regular season.
The Hawks only played one game last weekend, they defeated Golden 5-1. The Hawks are in second place and will finish there, they will probably play Grand Forks in the playoffs but Spokane could sneak into third place.
Ghostrider Notes
The Riders earned at least a point in 8 of the 9 games they played in January. They had 2 ties, 1 loss, an overtime loss and 5 wins putting them firmly in second place 6 points up on the Rockies.
The Riders lost 2-1 in double OT to Kimberley last Friday. The Riders are done with Kimberley until the playoffs. Their record was 1 win 3 losses 1 tie and 1overtime loss. The Riders are the only team in our division to tie and defeat the KD all season.
Simon Bergsagel (Gill-Saworski) scored the Riders goal against Kimberley and Riley Fonger was outstanding in net. In fact the whole team worked like hell. Plus 1140 fans were at the game.
The Riders defeated the first place Nelson Leafs 5-3 on Saturday . Tyler Witzke scored both the tying and go ahead goals in the third period then with a 4-3 lead and less than a minute left in the game Witzke had his stick broken by a slash in his own end but still managed to block a shot then kick the puck out of the zone. He was clearly the Riders player of the game and he was the Tim Horton’s Player of the Week.
The McDonald’s Practice Player was the smooth puck handling Sawan Gill...who seems to be playing at another level the last few games.
Josh Dalquist and David Lenzin are back on the ice skating again but are doubtful for the weekend. Greg Susinski is possible in the next week or so and is currently visiting Ohio University where he will check out the school and watch the team play.
The Ghostriders killed 4 penalties last weekend and are currently second best in the league with 89.25 % kill rate. Only Revelstoke has a better record at 92.17
Round the League
The Ghostriders lost Shawn Pierce, Eric Welford and Ethan Jang to season ending injuries this year.
Nelson just announced that five year veteran Logan Wullum has left the team because of concussions. He said in reference to the way the game is played now with cages “I don’t feel safe playing anymore. There are so many high hits I can’t take another one. The game is not the same.”
Nelson just announced that five year veteran Logan Wullum has left the team because of concussions. He said in reference to the way the game is played now with cages “I don’t feel safe playing anymore. There are so many high hits I can’t take another one. The game is not the same.”
Nelson Head Coach Mario Dibella had this to say about the new rules.
"It’s a sad statement how the new full cage rule can dictate how some players can hide behind the cage, hit high and from behind without reprisal “ Full story here
That sentiment has been echoed throughout the league to no avail. There was even a petition filed on behalf of the Governors but it was rejected by the courts.
The problem was that the three league Presidents got together with BC Hockey last summer with out consulting their respective governors and voted in the cage rule.
Then if that wasn’t bad enough the three visionaries went to the media beating their chests about how safe hockey is gonna be now with the said cages. One of them is no longer a President...two to go ?
Kelowna’s Brody Dale now has 104 points, first player in years to break 100, his team mate Ryan Stack scored 6 goals against Princeton earlier in the month... they have only lost 4 games 2 were in OT.
The problem was that the three league Presidents got together with BC Hockey last summer with out consulting their respective governors and voted in the cage rule.
Then if that wasn’t bad enough the three visionaries went to the media beating their chests about how safe hockey is gonna be now with the said cages. One of them is no longer a President...two to go ?
Kelowna’s Brody Dale now has 104 points, first player in years to break 100, his team mate Ryan Stack scored 6 goals against Princeton earlier in the month... they have only lost 4 games 2 were in OT.
The Ghostriders play in Golden Saturday and it is a scheduled Drive 99.1 Radio Broadcast Game.
The Columbia Valley Rockies are here in Fernie next Friday Febuary 9th.
The Columbia Valley Rockies are here in Fernie next Friday Febuary 9th.
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