An expanded version of the upcoming Free Press Story
Returning goalie Dylan Lacroix and his Fernie Ghostriders opened the season with two wins, 6-2 in Golden and 5-4 at home against the Rockies.
A great start to the season for the coaches and players. It’s always hard to win on the road and the Rockies are a formidable opponent, they won their home opener 6-3 against Kimberley and made Lacroix earn the win.
Last year’s goal scoring leader Dayton Nelson hasn’t missed a beat, he had a goal and three assists in Golden then scored the game tying and dramatic game winning goal with just seven seconds left against the Rockies. The 510 fans were relieved after watching the Rockies take a 4-3 lead on two quick goals early in the third.
Cole Fournier finished the weekend with four points along with Nelson’s slick skating line mate Ethan MacDuff and Kort Kisinger with three.
Promising newcomers Aiden Kalin and Taylor Haggerty each scored their first goals along with Sean Jacobs and Liam Samycia (below) Could this be the so called secondary scoring beer sections round the world dream about.
The Riders just acquired twenty year old former Dynamiter Jack Karpyshyn from the Chilliwack Jets. Karpyshyn will join his former teammate Jacob Prebushewski in annoying Fernie writers and broadcasters who can’t speak or spell. Both these players will be good adds… well at least we’re good at math.
The Golden game had a few harsh moments featuring Ravnoor Randawa getting a one game suspension but the Rockies game was basically a no hitter, both games were wins though.
The Riders are in Kelowna, Princeton and Osoyoos next weekend then return home to play Kimberley on Saturday Oct 8th… this one won’t be a no hitter, bring a helmet with a full cage.
In other news KIJHL Commissioner Jeff Dubois was given a five year extension, so we better get used to him. It’s a nice change to have a former longtime coach in charge. It almost feels like he’s one of us... until my Twitter feed runs away
Here is what the league said when he was first hired, basically his coaching resume
And finally
It’s election time in Fernie. The current Mayor and some Council members were not particularly friendly to the Ghostriders and now it costs a fair bit more to ice a team for the locals and the tourists the city says it loves so much.
Anyway... Tracy Audia Kelly is a former Fernie Minor Hockey President and would likely be much more in tune with exactly what it takes to run a team in the KIJHL. You can read about here here
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