Rider News Dec 18/22 extra time--council love-touchy feely-Christmas present-good news and the usual drivel

The Ghostriders only played one game last weekend and that ended up a 5-4 overtime loss in Creston .

The Goal scorers were Jack Lambert (Jackson- Sinclair) Vin Jackson (Lambert - Haggerty) Andrew Karam (Fitzgerald) and  Andrew Kennedy (Fitzgerald) with Aiden Kruhlak in net.

Game notes

With about seven minutes left in the game defenceman  Andrew Kennedy walked through the whole Creston team and scored the 4-3 go ahead goal. Would have been a great ending for the D-man’s first goal except the Riders let Creston back in it just 35 seconds later then lost in OT.

Another extra time (watching too much soccer) loss this season, so far five games in overtime and two in shootouts. Those seven points left under Scrooge's Christmas tree have cost the Riders a chance at first place. Well they still have a chance… but it’s smaller than the love the previous City Council had for the hockey team. 

Jack Lambert’s goal was his first as a Rider since coming here from the MJHL’s Niverville Nighthawks December 2nd.

The Riders got AC Aaron Conlon back on the bench now that he has finished all his new touchy feely coaching clinics. He will be a great help to Coach Valin along with Mike Anderson during the games. You can do a lot of coaching mid game if you have the time.

Round’ the League

Last place Creston also won on Saturday by defeating Beaver Valley 6-4 and are now just one point behind the Riders.

But it's the holiday season Rider fans and your Christmas present is... well because Spokane is not in the league again this season, what ever team has the least  amount of points between our division and the Murdoch division will miss the playoffs, and Castlegar is behind the Riders by 14 points with 13 games left. It would take a catastrophic eighteen wheeler plowing down the ski hill to miss now.

 

A little good news. The Junior A leagues were told by Hockey Canada to start wearing cages on December 15th. They said no way and something that rhymes with truck ? If there was ever a time to defeat the beleaguered HC it’s now.

And finally, Merry Christmas to all the readers along with my friends at Hockey Canada and the league office… Hey, I’m still waitin for my Christmas Cards.