The Beaver Valley Nitehawks rebounded from a 5-3 loss at home to the Summerland Steam on Friday, with a 6-4 third period comeback win in Nelson over the Leafs on Saturday.
After B.V. Jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from McKoy Hauk and Tyler Harman, the Leafs caught fire in the second period, scoring three times and outshooting the Nitehawks 21-10 in the middle frame to take a 3-2 lead.
Nelson went up 4-2 just 40 seconds into the third period on a goal by Jordan Davie, but a Leafs slashing penalty to Anselmo at 13:10 gave the Hawks the chance to douse the burning Leafs.
Hawks d-man Brett Roberts netted his second goal of the season on a setup from Braden Fuller and Dylan Heppler to draw the Hawks within one. Three minutes later Jaxon Joseph banged in a rebound off a Lyle Frank point shot to tie the game on another man advantage for B.V.
Less than 30 seconds later Kyle Hope netted the winner on a pretty passing play with Sam Swanson and Hauck as the Nitehawks outshot the Leafs 16-8 in the period and 44-39 in the match. Roberts tallied his second of the game into an empty net to seal the victory.
Hope and Hauk each had three point nights for the Nitehawks with a goal and two assists. Hope, a Fruitvale native, was named the game star for the Hawks, while Kyle Cherenkoff got the nod for the Leafs.
Jeremy Tamelin got the win in net for the Nitehawks. Tamelin, a six-foot-five Delta native, replaced Hawks goalie Brandon Wells who left the Hawks to play Junior A in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) for the Melville Millionaires, currently in last place in the SJHL.
In Friday’s match, Summerland forward and former Trail Smoke Eater Paulsen Lautard scored with 6:19 to play in the second period to break a 3-3 tie and net what proved to be the winning goal for the Okanagan division Steam.
Despite the lead, Summerland continued to percolate in the third and Lautard tallied his second of the night with 6:03 remaining. The Steam outshot the Hawks 21-5 in the final frame and 49-32 on the night to collect it’s sixth win of the season. Hauk, Joseph, and Allan Pruss scored for the Nitehawks, while Drake Poirier took the loss in net for B.V.
The Nitehawks have a quick turnaround and play the Spokane Braves tonight at the Hawks Nest at 7 p.m. The Braves handed the Nitehawks their first loss of the season in a 2-1 win last Tuesday, but are coming off a 10-1 setback to the Creston Valley Thunder Cats on Saturday.
