Fernie 4 @ Kimberley 5 /2nd OT
Rider Justin Peers scored two goals (1PP) in the first period but they were sandwiched between James Farmer's PP goal and Matt Davies tying goal.
In the second period Matt Davies scored his second of the night on the power play but just a few minutes later Ty Abbott scored to tie then Aidan Wilson scored the go ahead goal on the power play giving the Riders a 4-3 lead heading into the third.
With just 1:43 left in the game Nitro Chase Miller scored the game tying goal on the power play.
In the second OT Joe Karpyshyn scored the game winner, his 2nd goal in his first 3 games.
Kimberley outshot Fernie 49-30
and went 3-4 on the power play while the Riders finished 2-7.
Brandon Butler stopped 44 including an OT penalty shot by Nick Ketola in a losing cause.
Cody Campbell stopped 26 of 30 for the Nitro win.
Both Justin Peers and Matt Davies were named as the Players of the Game, they each scored 1 PP and 1 even strength goal.
Attendance 1031
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Monday, 26 December 2016
Riders Next Home Game Dec 29 and the Notebook
On Thursday December 29th the Kimberley Dynamiters will be here in Fernie and it will be the the sixth game between these two teams.
Fernie won 3 of the first 4 games but those numbers will change slightly by Thursday as the Riders play in Kimberley Wednesday night.
Kimberley and their two new goalies, Cody's, Campbell and Call will only play one more game here in Fernie after Thursday before the playoffs, that game will be on Friday January 26th. The Nitro's picked up Nolan Kurylo (98) who has scored 7G 5A in 7 games, he's a player for both Rider players and fans to keep an eye on.
Kimberley and their two new goalies, Cody's, Campbell and Call will only play one more game here in Fernie after Thursday before the playoffs, that game will be on Friday January 26th. The Nitro's picked up Nolan Kurylo (98) who has scored 7G 5A in 7 games, he's a player for both Rider players and fans to keep an eye on.
The Ghostriders next game after the Kimberley two game set is in Creston New Year’s Eve and their next home game is Saturday January 7th against Castlegar. The Creston NYE game happens every year but it is not a radio broadcast game... What ? Hoffman has something else to do...
Ghostrider Notebook
The two newest Riders, Brendon Nemes and Keelan Saworski, each scored their first goals against Creston just before the Christmas break.
Matt Rogers broke his knee cap while retrieving a puck December 10th in Castlegar and will miss the rest of the season . We wish him all the best in his recovery and hope he comes back if Jr A doesn't turn out for him.
Rider GM Craig Mohr with 22 guys still has room for one more player, so stay tuned, it will happen ...but it may linger until the January 10th deadline.
Justin Peers, Derek Green, and Brandon Butler were all day to day with injuries before the Christmas break.
Keagan Kingwell will miss Wednesday's game in Kimberley because of a 1 game suspension for getting in a fight in the last 10 minutes of the Creston game... even though Creston's Liam Raycroft was called for instigating the fight... Well thanks to Szuki and Hockey Canada's environmental "Save the Turtle" campaign you can't even defend yourself if someone attacks you.
Devin Nemes has scored 3 goals for the Riders since coming over from Beaver Valley November 19th and two of them were game winning goals.
Mitch Titus scored the Teddy Bear Toss goal in the last home game, it was his 16th goal of the season.
Fernie’s rookie D-man #2 Derek Green has been picked for the KIJHL Prospects game on January 17th in Kelowna. The game features the best 16 and 17 year old players from both Conferences.
The Eddie Mountain Conference's Head Coach is Creston’s Jeff Dubois and his assistants who also helped pick the team are Fernie’s Craig Mohr and Grand Forks’ Emery Olauson.
On the other side in the Okanagan Division the Coaches are Osoyoos' Ken Law, Summerland's John DePourcq and 100 Mile's Dale Hladun.
Longtime KIJHL Coach Brad Fox, who is now Chase's Head Coach was the guy who oversaw the whole process.
There was some controversy over the selections, some teams thought it was suppose to be like an all-star game with players from all teams, but that was never the case. It was always going to be the best 16-17 year old players period. But the gong show on Twitter was great.
All the players in the Prospects game are listed here
Sunday, 18 December 2016
The Eddie Mountain Breakdown Saturday Edition
Creston 7 @ Fernie 4
Liam Plunkett scored 3 and Julian Benner had 3A as Creston got their league leading 48 point and third win in a row Saturday night.
Creston had period leads of 3-1 and 5-3 and Pat Osterman stopped 35 of 39 Rider shots in net. Brody Smith's second power play goal in the second period turned out to be the game winner.
Creston was 3-6 Fernie 0-5 on the power play.
The newest Ghostriders, Keelan Saworski (1G 1A) and Brendan Nemes, each scored their first goals and Mitch Titus scored the Teddy Bear Toss goal with 4:33 left in the first. Brandon Youngson stopped 31 in a losing cause.
Andre Pelletier was the Rider's backup goaltender Saturday after Brandon Butler was hurt in the warmup inGolden Friday night.
Both Keagan Kingwell and CVT's Liam Rycroft were kicked out for fighting at 5:19 of the third but Rycroft was given the instigator so he will miss a game.
Kimberley is now 8 points ahead of the Riders because...
Nelson 2 @ Kimberley 4
Kimberley stops Nelson's 6 game win streak and now has their own 6 game win streak going after scoring 3 unanswered goals in the last half of the game.
Lucas Purdy had the game winner while Nolan Kurylo and Franco Colapaolo each had 1G 1A. Cody Campbell stopped 31 of 33 for the win.
With the win Kimberley with 46 points are just 2 behind Creston for first place.
A big battle for the final playoff spot went on in Columbia Valley Saturday night where the Rockies skated away with a 5-2 win.
Golden 2 @ Invermere 5
The Rockies were up 4-0 in the third before the Rockets scored two, but it was two little too late and the Rockies scored an EN goal to finish up with a 5-2 W.
Ben Kelsch had the win in net and Pete Mathews had a goal and two assists helping the Rockies who now have 17 points to a 6 point lead with 2 games in hand over the Rockets for the final P/O spot.
Dorian Laganiere-Labranche who played so well vs the Riders Friday was yanked after the first in favour of Owen Sikkes.
Liam Plunkett scored 3 and Julian Benner had 3A as Creston got their league leading 48 point and third win in a row Saturday night.
Creston had period leads of 3-1 and 5-3 and Pat Osterman stopped 35 of 39 Rider shots in net. Brody Smith's second power play goal in the second period turned out to be the game winner.
Creston was 3-6 Fernie 0-5 on the power play.
The newest Ghostriders, Keelan Saworski (1G 1A) and Brendan Nemes, each scored their first goals and Mitch Titus scored the Teddy Bear Toss goal with 4:33 left in the first. Brandon Youngson stopped 31 in a losing cause.
Andre Pelletier was the Rider's backup goaltender Saturday after Brandon Butler was hurt in the warmup inGolden Friday night.
Both Keagan Kingwell and CVT's Liam Rycroft were kicked out for fighting at 5:19 of the third but Rycroft was given the instigator so he will miss a game.
Kimberley is now 8 points ahead of the Riders because...
Nelson 2 @ Kimberley 4
Kimberley stops Nelson's 6 game win streak and now has their own 6 game win streak going after scoring 3 unanswered goals in the last half of the game.
Lucas Purdy had the game winner while Nolan Kurylo and Franco Colapaolo each had 1G 1A. Cody Campbell stopped 31 of 33 for the win.
With the win Kimberley with 46 points are just 2 behind Creston for first place.
A big battle for the final playoff spot went on in Columbia Valley Saturday night where the Rockies skated away with a 5-2 win.
Golden 2 @ Invermere 5
The Rockies were up 4-0 in the third before the Rockets scored two, but it was two little too late and the Rockies scored an EN goal to finish up with a 5-2 W.
Ben Kelsch had the win in net and Pete Mathews had a goal and two assists helping the Rockies who now have 17 points to a 6 point lead with 2 games in hand over the Rockets for the final P/O spot.
Dorian Laganiere-Labranche who played so well vs the Riders Friday was yanked after the first in favour of Owen Sikkes.
Saturday, 17 December 2016
The Eddie Mountain Breakdance Friday Edition-Fernie- Kimberley and Creston win Friday
Fernie 3 @ Golden 2 in OT
Devin Nemes scored the OT game winner with 1:11left in the first OT finally beating new Rocket goalie Dorian Laganiere-Labranche who stopped 17 in the third and 5 in the OT.
Laganiere-Labranche was also named the Rockets Player of the Game for stoping 43 of 46 shots giving the Rockets a chance to win... and as it turns out, 1 point in the standings.
Ben Sushkovsky and Alex Cheveldave (PP) scored the other Rider goals and Brandon Youngson had the win in net stopping 18 shots .
The Rockets Nic Lush scored both Golden goals.
The win allows the Riders to keep pace in the standings because...
Rockies 3 @ Kimberley 6
Nolan Kurlo had 2 Goals (1 SH and 1 PP) and 2 assists and Caige Sterzer scored the GW in the second period.
Kimberley out shot the Rockies 51 35 and Cody Call had the win, it was his first game in the Nitro net.
Kimberley has now won 5 in a row but are still 2 behind Creston because...
Grand Forks 1 @ Creston 2
Ron Wilkie had the game winner in the second after Brodie Smith tied the game a minute earlier. All the goals were in the second period. Pat Osterman had the win in net stopping 20 of 21 for Creston's 2nd win in a row.
Anthony Galliart stoped 33 of 35 for GFBB Dylan Haney scored their lone goal.
Creston is here in Fernie Saturday Dec 17 on Teddy Bear Toss night.
Nelson who are on a 6 game win streak and have just tied the Rebels in the standings with 32 points are in Kimberley tonight.
And Golden is in Invermere The Rockets gained another point last night and are just 4 behind the Rockies who have lost 8 in a row for the final playoff spot.
Devin Nemes scored the OT game winner with 1:11left in the first OT finally beating new Rocket goalie Dorian Laganiere-Labranche who stopped 17 in the third and 5 in the OT.
Laganiere-Labranche was also named the Rockets Player of the Game for stoping 43 of 46 shots giving the Rockets a chance to win... and as it turns out, 1 point in the standings.
Ben Sushkovsky and Alex Cheveldave (PP) scored the other Rider goals and Brandon Youngson had the win in net stopping 18 shots .
The Rockets Nic Lush scored both Golden goals.
The win allows the Riders to keep pace in the standings because...
Rockies 3 @ Kimberley 6
Nolan Kurlo had 2 Goals (1 SH and 1 PP) and 2 assists and Caige Sterzer scored the GW in the second period.
Kimberley out shot the Rockies 51 35 and Cody Call had the win, it was his first game in the Nitro net.
Kimberley has now won 5 in a row but are still 2 behind Creston because...
Grand Forks 1 @ Creston 2
Ron Wilkie had the game winner in the second after Brodie Smith tied the game a minute earlier. All the goals were in the second period. Pat Osterman had the win in net stopping 20 of 21 for Creston's 2nd win in a row.
Anthony Galliart stoped 33 of 35 for GFBB Dylan Haney scored their lone goal.
Creston is here in Fernie Saturday Dec 17 on Teddy Bear Toss night.
Nelson who are on a 6 game win streak and have just tied the Rebels in the standings with 32 points are in Kimberley tonight.
And Golden is in Invermere The Rockets gained another point last night and are just 4 behind the Rockies who have lost 8 in a row for the final playoff spot.
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Riders play Creston Saturday here in Fernie
Saturday night the Ghostriders play the first place Creston Thunder Cats, this is the fifth time these two teams
have played and Creston has won the first four games.
This is also Teddy Bear Toss night as well, toss em after the Riders score their first goal.
Creston lost both games last weekend, 6-4 in Kimberley and 5-1 in Beaver Valley and were on a 3 game losing streak but on Tuesday in Columbia Valley they won 9-2. Creston has had several players out with injuries lately including all- star goalie Brock Lefebvre who did not play in Invermere Tuesday.
Creston lost both games last weekend, 6-4 in Kimberley and 5-1 in Beaver Valley and were on a 3 game losing streak but on Tuesday in Columbia Valley they won 9-2. Creston has had several players out with injuries lately including all- star goalie Brock Lefebvre who did not play in Invermere Tuesday.
With the win Creston regains first place in the division with 44 points, Kimberley has 42 and Fernie has 36 the Rockies have 15 and Golden 10.
The Riders play Creston twice and Kimberley twice before January first... a great time to make hay...even though it was -27 this AM.
Ghostrider Notebook
The Ghostriders have to go to Golden Friday, it is a scheduled Drive 99.1 radio broadcast game. Creston meanwhile plays Grand Forks at home Friday. Travel advantage Creston.
The Riders were tied 2-2 with the Rockies last Friday but scored three in the third period for a 5-2 win.
In Castlegar they were down 3-1 at the end of the first, were leading 4-2 at the end of the second, only to be hit with three consecutive penalties in the third where they surrendered 2 power play goals and 2 even strength goals in a 7-5 loss.
The refereeing was infuriating enough that Coach Mohr was tossed out out of the game in the third... but he left without incident, so that was it, no suspension.
Mitch Titus had a hat-trick in Castlegar an assist vs the Rockies and the Coaches named him the Tim Horton’s Player of the Week.
He leads the team in scoring with 15 goals and 20 assists and is scoring at a 1.3 point per game clip.
Alex Cheveldave scored two goals against the Rockies and had a goal and an assist in Castlegar and has 25 points in 28 games, not bad for a D.
Devin Nemes scored the game winner against the Rockies, it was a beauty, he has 4 points in 6 Rider games and will be playing his 122 KIJHL game Saturday.
Justin Peers and Aidan Wilson are both day to day with injuries but could play this weekend.
Ryan Kennedy scored his 14th vs the Rockies and 15th goal in Castlegar, he now has more goals than he had points last year.
Tayler Sincennes who has a 5 game point streak going, will play his 138th KIJHL game Saturday.
New Rider Keelan Saworski got hit in the Rockies game and missed the third period, but was back in Castlegar where he had a goal disallowed but picked up an assist. That was his first point as a Ghostrider.
Ty Carron was released earlier this week and Brendan Nemes was brought in. Brendan was with the Jr A Calgary Canucks earlier in the year and the 18 year old forward is Devin Nemes’ younger brother.
The players are off for the Christmas break after Saturday's game and won't play again until December 28th when they play in Kimberley then on Thursday the 29th Kimberley is here in Fernie.
Sunday, 11 December 2016
A Kelowna Christmas
So a couple of weeks ago the Kelowna Chiefs were
bragging on their Twitter account that they had over 1000 penalty minutes, by as they said, a lot, a lot.
Well they didn't let us down
...Saturday night as everyone knows is alright for fightin and on Saturday Dec 10 North Oak went into Kelowna and shut them out 4-0 and the Chiefs didn't take it well as you can see by clicking here check out the second period for the hysterics. The Chiefs now lead the league with 1411 PIM and counting...
...Saturday night as everyone knows is alright for fightin and on Saturday Dec 10 North Oak went into Kelowna and shut them out 4-0 and the Chiefs didn't take it well as you can see by clicking here check out the second period for the hysterics. The Chiefs now lead the league with 1411 PIM and counting...
Now there is no proof of this... but we heard through the rumour mill they were singing the 12 days of Christmas in the dressing room after the game..... here are the lyrics I was told about by a fan who just caught the end of the song as he was walking by...
On the 12th day of Christmas the Zebra gave to me
More than a 100 minutes in penalties,
11 sets of stitches,
10 Dr visits
A countless number of misconducts
One butt end penalty
A 5 minute head shot
7 game misconducts
5 fighting majors
A bunch of ruffin penalties
2 instigators
2 more aggressors
And five Golden Rings la la la
4 but probably more suspensions
3 concussion spotters
2 game ejections
And some boarding, slashing and roughing pen-al-ties.
la-la la
Saturday, 10 December 2016
The Eddie Mountain Breakdown Saturday Edition
Fernie 5 @ Castlegar 7
Castlegar scored 2 power play and 2 even strength goals in the third for the win and had 3 PP goals on the night.
Seven different Rebels scored and Jason Mailhiot stoped 36 of 41 for the win in net.
Mitch Titus had a big night scoring 3 for the Riders and Alex Cheveldave had a goal and 2 assists in a losing effort. Brandon Butler stopped 30 of 37.
The Riders went 1-5 and the Rebels 3-9 on the PP. Coach Craig Mohr was furious at the refereeing and was ejected in the third.
The Riders lost ground on Kimberley and didn't gain any on Creston because...
Rockies 0 @ Kimberley 4
Four Nitro's scored and Cody Campbell stopped 23 for the shutout. Brandt Bertola had 1 goal and 2A and Kimbo outshot CVR 49-23.
Kimberley is now tied with Creston because...
Creston 1 @ Beaver Valley 5
5 Hawks scored and Tallon Kramer made 36 saves for the win. Nolan Percival had 3 assists and the Hawks now have 42 points tied with Kimberley and Creston... but Osoyoos sneaks ahead with a 7-2 win over Revelstoke giving them 43 points.
Meanwhile Golden put a scare into Nelson but still lost 4-3. Former 100 Mile house Wrangler Alex Meeker scored the game winner for Nelson who has surprised everyone after trading 9 guys with a 5 game win streak and 30 points, just 2 out of second place.
Castlegar scored 2 power play and 2 even strength goals in the third for the win and had 3 PP goals on the night.
Seven different Rebels scored and Jason Mailhiot stoped 36 of 41 for the win in net.
Mitch Titus had a big night scoring 3 for the Riders and Alex Cheveldave had a goal and 2 assists in a losing effort. Brandon Butler stopped 30 of 37.
The Riders went 1-5 and the Rebels 3-9 on the PP. Coach Craig Mohr was furious at the refereeing and was ejected in the third.
The Riders lost ground on Kimberley and didn't gain any on Creston because...
Rockies 0 @ Kimberley 4
Four Nitro's scored and Cody Campbell stopped 23 for the shutout. Brandt Bertola had 1 goal and 2A and Kimbo outshot CVR 49-23.
Kimberley is now tied with Creston because...
Creston 1 @ Beaver Valley 5
5 Hawks scored and Tallon Kramer made 36 saves for the win. Nolan Percival had 3 assists and the Hawks now have 42 points tied with Kimberley and Creston... but Osoyoos sneaks ahead with a 7-2 win over Revelstoke giving them 43 points.
Meanwhile Golden put a scare into Nelson but still lost 4-3. Former 100 Mile house Wrangler Alex Meeker scored the game winner for Nelson who has surprised everyone after trading 9 guys with a 5 game win streak and 30 points, just 2 out of second place.
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