In the Creston game the Riders had 2-0 and 3-1 leads after the first and second periods before scoring an empty net goal in the third for a 4-1 win.
The Castlegar game was a different animal, the Riders found themselves down 3-0 in the first five minutes of the second period to a motivated team that is in a battle with Spokane for their playoff lives. But the Riders woke up and scored five in a row for a 5-3 lead after two.
The Rebels scored their second PP goal against a pretty good Rider PK late in the third to put a little fear into the boys before Keelan Saworski scored the insurance goal to end the game 6-4.
Ghostrider Notes
In both of the games on the weekend it seemed like there was no real sense of urgency compared to the week before. Still the Riders managed a pair of wins and have now overtaken Columbia Valley who only played one game, a 3-2 loss to Spokane, in the standings. The Rockies have 2 games in hand though and are here this Tuesday for a second place showdown.
Gavin Lawrie had a goal and an assist in each game, newcomer Tyler Witzke assisted on both goals and scored one of his own that turned out to be the game winner against his former team, Creston.
Kyle Ford scored 2 goals in the Rebel game and Johnny Elias got his 4th in the last 6 games while Dylan Defosse keeps chipping away with 9 points in his ongoing 6 game point streak.
Derek Green scored his first of the season against the Rebels and it turned out to be the game winner, he also had a decent chance in the third. Green and Greg Susinski (8) are they only defensemen with goals.
With Josh Dalquist, Greg Susinski, out for a few weeks the Riders are down to four D, Derek Green, Tristan Downe, Kyle Klein and Sawan Gill. So they enlisted forward Owen Titus to help spell off the over worked D.
Titus was clearly one of the fastest skaters on the ice, did a good job filling in and at times looked really good out there. I found myself thinking too bad he didn’t start the year on the blue line, he would have jelled by now... at the very least Titus can now fill in at a couple of different positions if you need him to.
Brendan Nemes and Tyler Witzke scored their 18th goals on the weekend Jordan Kromm is next with 16.
Justin Failla was in net for both games last weekend and got his 6th and 7th wins.
Riley Fonger missed two games for "precautionary reasons” according to the coaches so AP Dylan Baker was the backup in both games.
On Friday there were 825 fans and on Saturday there were 506, not bad for a two game weekend, but those two game weekends are killers attendance wise.
Besides the aforementioned Fonger Susinski and Dalquist the Riders David Lenzin is also out for Tuesday. Simon Bergsagel missed Friday’s game but played Saturday and Fonger is possible.
Round the League
Before the Fernie game the Rebels lost 4-2 in Golden, lots of action in the second period... See the PIM here
After losing 3-1 here in Fernie Creston went home and lost 10-2 to Golden... Dominic Turner had 3G 2A (31 G) he could be a handful in the first round.
Despite outshooting Summerland 53-28 Revelstoke lost 4-3... and they didn’t like it. Check out the third PIM
Nelson defeated Kimberley 2-1 in OT in Nelson... they must have small ice there. Nelson also won 7-5 vs Grand Forks Saturday. Kimbo and Nelson are here January 25-26. Two first place teams, scratch those dates with a key on your fridge door.
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