Playing for a cause, and having some home-ice love to boot, may have been the edge the Sicamous Eagles needed to beat the Chase Heat.
The two Doug Birks Division teams faced off Friday night, Oct. 16 at the Sicamous and District Rec Centre.
While the Heat was dressed in their usual away jersey, the Eagles were garbed in a special black jersey with a pink ribbon, for cancer awareness. These jerseys were up for auction Oct. 16 and 17, to raise money for Megan Senn, a Sicamous girl battling leukemia.
Following an even back-and-forth exchange of unsuccessful shots in the first frame, the Heat was able to convert a power play early in the second to get on the board. The Eagles kept Heat netminder Nic Bruyere busy with 12 shots on net, none of which were able to ripple the mesh.
Both teams hit the ice hard in the third frame, but the Eagles proved to be the more determined. At 15:38, Danny O’Donnell potted a power-play conversion off Nicholas Cuglietta and Bradley Whitehead.
A few minutes later, teammate Scott Robinson followed suit with a single off Ian Jarvis and Tyler Collens.
Sicamous goalie Patrick Kasper was named the game’s first star after stopping 26 out of 27 shots on net.
On Saturday, Oct. 17, the Eagles hosted the 100 Mile House Wranglers. The Eagles wound up on the losing end of an 8-2 tally for this contest. The two home-team singles were scored in the first frame on the power play. Darien Blight potted the first off Alex Astasiewicz. The second came courtesy of Ian Jarvis, off Blight and Scott Robinson. Jarvis was later named the game’s second star.
The Eagles are back on the ice Friday, Oct. 23, when they visit the North Okanagan Knights in Armstrong.
