The Comox Valley Glacier Kings are hoping Friday the 13th will bring them good luck.
The Yetis will be looking for their first win of the young Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season when they host the Oceanside Generals in a 7:30 p.m. start at the Comox Valley Sports Centre.
The Glacier Kings opened their 2013-14 campaign Sept. 5 in Victoria with a 6-3 loss to the defending VIJHL champion Cougars. Their home opener on Sept. 7 was a barn-burner that Campbell River Storm won 3-2 in double overtime.
Their Friday the 13th tilt with the Generals kicks off a two-game home stand against North Division rivals as the Nanaimo Buccaneers pay a visit on Saturday (game time 7:30 p.m. at SC Arena #1).
On Sept. 5 in Victoria, the Cougars got two goals each from Nicholas Bower and Michael Fretz en route to their 6-3 victory over the Yetis. The Capital City Cats led 1-0 after one period and 4-1 after two.
Ali Gotmy, Duncan Pernal and Jonas Harvath tallied for the Yetis, who were outshot 38-29. Bryce Di Rocco started in goal for Comox Valley and was replaced late in the second period by Matt BoWell after the Cougars went up 3-1.
BoWell was beaten 14 seconds later as Victoria made it 4-1 at 19:23, and Di Rocco returned to play the third period.
On Sept. 7 Di Rocco was back between the pipes and had a bounce-back game. He earned first-star honours as the Glacier Kings were out-shot 39-18 by the Storm. Campbell River’s two regulation time goals both came on the power play.
The see-saw battle was tied 1-1 after one with the Glacier Kings up 2-1 after two. The Storm pulled even late in the third, and Di Rocco robbed Gage Colpron on a breakaway with 30 seconds left to send the game into overtime.
After a scoreless, four-on-four, five-minute OT, the second OT with the teams playing three-on-three was decided at the 1:21 mark when game second star Brendan DeVries slipped the disc past Di Rocco.
Liam Shaw and Nicholas Tupper scored for the Yetis, with Taylor Deryck named third star.
ICE CHIPS Under new overtime rules this year, if the teams are still even after the second OT the game goes into the books as a tie as there is no shootout …
