Minor hockey snapshots
The Kal Tire Junior Canucks and Westside battled to a 4-4 final. Scoring for the Canucks were Tate Larson with two, Dylan LaRose and Jayce Moore. Seth Aitchison made 16 saves.
Carley Pearson scored the lone goal for Peaches Lingerie midget Ice Dragons in bantam Superleague play. The Ice Dragons lost to Westside 2 4-1 despite having several chances. Pearson, Jessie Olfert, Jenna Collins and Sydney Garnett played great defensively and protected goaltender Sylvia Barnett. Zoe Konanz, Mckenzie Ricard, Brianne Hrynyk and Danielle Lagrange also played well offensively, but some costly penalties hurt the team.
Speedway golden
Penticton Speedway Junior Vees played spoiler to the host Revelstoke Grizzlies last weekend, winning 2-1 in overtime.
After a goal by Penticton’s Sam Togyi early in the third to tie the game at 1, Benjamin Hoeffler deflected a point shot from Riley Hilton on a great pass from Daniel Martin at 3:28 of overtime for the tournament win. Turning away 30 of 31 shots, Carter Edwards was outstanding for Penticton. Speedway outshot their opponents 49-31 in the final.
Backstopped by Edwards, the Vees went 5-0 throughout the tournament also beating teams from Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna and Salmon Arm. Collectively the Vees outscored their opponents 38-8 over the weekend with Ethan Giroux, Kieran Mielke, Lindsay Fotheringham and Keegan Allen all scoring hat tricks in different games. AJ Gudmundson, Togyi, Hoeffler and Martin chipped in with multi-goal performances.
Second for Dragons
The Penticton Collision Fix Auto Ice Dragons placed second to the Surrey Falcons in atom house action after going undefeated in three games at the Pink Ice Tournament in Kamloops on the weekend.
Penticton Men’s rec hockey
Josh Seddon scored twice to help lead the Mule Broncos 4-3 past Peacock’s Perch Wolverines in Penticton Men’s Rec Hockey action. Andrew Pond and Matt Krause also scored for the Broncos, while Kevin Borba scored twice and Chris Becker for the Wolverines. The EcoDry Ice Dogs cruised past the Best Damn Wings 9-5 with the help of Mike Funk’s five-goal effort. Also scoring for the Ice Dogs were Nick Riep with two, and single goals by Darren Leadbetter and Darren Belanger. For the Wings it was Brendan Miller, Jamin Feist, Rob Dekock, Lee Mowry and Tom Gabriel. The Mule Broncos also defeated the Hitmen 4-3. Pond scored twice, while Jason Seddon and Matt Krause rounded out the scoring. Hitmen scorers were Brett Van Riper with two and Dave Sandrelli. The Wolverines picked up a win against the Ice Dogs 6-4. Scoring for the Wolverines was Jamie Britton with three, Brian Vanderlinde, Scott Weatherhead and Kevin Karlson. Ice Dogs scorers were Riep with two, Gord Henderson and Mitch Aubie. Bar One Argo Bisons downed the Wings 9-4. Dan Fraser had a hat trick while two-goal efforts came from Brent Mosses, Kiel Gatenby and Sam Gill. Wings scorers were Brendan Miller with three and Jamin Feist.
