The Ghostriders got out of their slump by winning both of their games last weekend, 6-4 in Golden and 5-0 at home against Dale Hladun and his 100 Mile House Wranglers.
You can see how important the four points were here.
In Golden the Rockets had period leads of 2-1 and 4-2 after the second period and the game seemed almost out of reach. But early in the third Jack Karpyshyn and Ethan MacDuff (Haggerty) scored goals a minute apart and tied the game at four.
Five minutes later Taylor Haggerty (MacDuff- Karpyshyn) scored what would turn out to be the game winner on the power play then Jack Karpyshyn put one in the empty net for a much needed 6-4 road win.
Kort Kisinger (Fournier- Fisher) and Michele Romeo (Johnson-Fisher) scored the other goals and new goalie Aiden Kruhlak got his first start and win in net.
In Fernie the Riders overwhelmed the 100 Mile House Wranglers, scoring early and often and the 700 fans (500 of em packed blubbering in the beer section) were delighted.
Jack Karpyshyn (Haggerty- Jackson) Scott Sinclair (Jackson-Karpyshyn) Kort Kisinger (Fournier -Sinclair) Taylor Haggerty (Jackson- Cardinal) and Ethan MacDuff (Romeo) scored goals and Aiden Kruhlak got the shutout in net.
A few notes
It was nice to see the Riders power play get the game winning goal in the third period. I have seen the opposite happen way too many times this year.
Vin Jackson had three assists vs 100 Mile and looks like a good fast skilled player. Someone else must think the same thing, he was wearing an A on his jersey.
Jack Karpyshyn (who was in Kimberley last year) had 7 points in his last three games.
Ethan MacDuff had 6 and Taylor Haggerty scored twice and had two assists after missing time and the Prospect’s game because of an illness.
The Riders scored 11 goals in two games, a big deal for a team that has been goal challenged so far this year.
Golden is the top scoring team in the league with 98 goals, Fernie has 69
Malachai Peigan finished his 3 game suspension for a staged fight. Glad they don’t suspend for taunting the crowd after a fight like they used to, enough of the suspensions already...just sayin.
Fernie and Golden have a home and home next weekend, Fernie’s home game is Saturday.
Two important dates are coming up, December 1st is cutdown day where teams have to get down to 23 players and on December 15th all the Canadian junior A teams will have to wear full cages. Read that here
The BCHL has opted out of the CJHL and has hopes of joining the cage-less American USHL. But they are not there yet... I also hear some JrA teams will try and defy the once mighty but now beleaguered Hockey Canada. Nice distraction by HC.
If there was ever a time to defeat HC now is the time. Funny how they don’t have the guts to demand the CHL (WHL OHL and QMJHL) wear their zoo cages.
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