Friday night massacre ?

The Fernie Ghostriders lost 4-3 to the Columbia Valley Rockies in game one of the playoffs.

The Riders had a 1-0 lead on an Alaister Standen goal in the first but got behind 3-1 in the second before fighting  back  to tie the game 3-3 when Levi Young and Greg Susinski scored power play goals.
 In the third the Rockies just plain out worked the Riders and defenceman Greg Parker scored the game winner with just 1:21 left on the clock giving the Rockies a 4-3 lead that they held on to for a game one win.

In a nutshell, the Riders had  enough chances to win the game in the first 40 minutes but Bretton Park only allowed three and gave the Rockies the chance to win and they took it. 

Gavin Fleck had a goal and an assist, Colby Phillips and Ben Lake   scored the other CVR goals. 

The Rockies played a good road game and the Riders missed star F Seamus Keith who is suspended one more game for a check to the head last Saturday. Rider HC Jeff Wagner was also missing due to suspension but will be back Saturday. 

The two referees called a few things that would not have been called in a one referee system game. The referees did not determine the outcome of the game.

In other news

In Kimberley former Rider goalie Jaden Little and his Creston Thunder Cats defeated Kimberley 3-2 in OT.  Corbin Cockerill scored at 4:26 for the win. Brock Palmer was held to 1 goal.
Creston’s Ben Kruse and Connor Scmmell scored the other goals.

North Oak won 3-2 in Kelowna
Princeton won 7-3 vs Summerland
Revelstoke won 6-0 vs Kamloops
100 Mile won 5-2 in Chase
Beaver Valley won 3-2 vs Castlegar 
Nelson won 4-1 vs Spokane