Ghostrider News Nov 14th

The Ghostriders played a three game home stand last weekend, they lost 6-4 to the Rockies rebounded back with a 7-3 win over the Nitehawks Saturday then lost 7-0 to Grand Forks Sunday  

The standings after the weekend

On Friday against the first place Rockies the Riders got off to a great start and had a 2-1ead on a pair of Ethan MacDuff goals but by the end of the second period they were losing 3-2.

 In the third the Rockies made it 4-2 but Cole Fournier and Kort Kisinger scored two quick goals and tied the game. 

Then the wheels fell off and the Rockies’ scored twice and Anthony Domina’s second goal of the game proved to be the game winner.

On Saturday against the Nitehawks the game was tied at three after two periods but in the third the Riders scored four times and earned a much needed 7-3 win. Colton Hanson was in net and recently converted from forward D man RylanCardinal scored two goals, his first two of the season and the second one was the game winner. Scott Sinclair, Dayton Nelson, Ethan MacDuff, Kaden Slobodian and Jack Karpyshyn each added singles.  

On Sunday with the flu running through the team they were down to sixteen skaters including sixteen year old AP Josh Kallies,   and many of them were sick. They were no match for the Bruins.

Kallies, from Sparwood, has been practicing and playing games with the Riders in the hopes that he will develop and play a regular shift next season. 

Around the League

With 26 points FGR Ethan MacDuff is third in league scoring. Golden’s Jordan Lario is first with 35 and Creston’s Luke Chakrabrti is second with 29, all three have aged well with their teams in the KIJHL. 

The Revelstoke Grizzlies who will play here in Fernie December 10th lead the league in points with 29, Grand Forks is next with 28  Princeton has 27 while Kimberley and the Rockies each have 26.

Grand Forks Golden and Princeton are showing everyone that KI teams can make big gains after poor seasons with good summer recruiting ... even in somewhat remote locations.

Golden and Grand Forks have scored the most goals with 79. Revelstoke who has the most points has 61. 

Princeton has allowed the least goals at 30 the next closest is Revelstoke with 39.

Fernie played their Sunday game at 5:00. This was a first, usually they play at 7:30. Visiting teams were always pissed at the late time. Coach Valin decided to change to a more friendly time after playing a late Sunday game in Osoyoos and getting home at 7 AM. IMO the league should mandate early Sunday games. 

Kamloops played the Rockies last Friday and the game was tied 1-1 with just a minute left in the third  when an ammonia alarm went off and the arena was evacuated. Kamloops went on to play in Creston Saturday where they won 5-4 in OT then on their way home Sunday they stopped in Invermere and played the last minute of Friday’s game. The Storm eventually won 2-1 in a shoot out. 

Word is the League paid the expenses to finish the game. Very questionable if you ask me that we (the teams who’s players pay to play) should pay for something that could have settled with just calling it a tie. After all the league website has a tie column.

And Finally... the North Bay Trappers, a AAA U 18 team were traveling in a bus when it caught fire and burned, they lost all their equipment and belongings in the fire. Read about that here