Two out of three not bad

The Chase Heat started the past weekend with a home game versus the Golden Rockets.

The Chase Heat started the past weekend with a home game versus the Golden Rockets.

The Nov. 8 contest saw goalie Mike Byer face 35 shots in going the distance.

Golden got off to an early 2-0 lead before the Heat took over, scoring seven unanswered goals.

Cody Hodges started things off with his first of two in the first.

In the second, Jay Sidhu and Hodges got goals prior to Cody Koskimaki getting a natural hat trick with three in a row.

Kurtis Johnson rounded out scoring in the third.

Both Connor Venne and Kaleb Boyle finished with three assists.  Koskimaki was recognized as the KI Who’s Hot Player of the Night.

On Saturday the 9th the boys travelled to Revelstoke for a rematch versus the Grizzlies.

After losing the previous weekend the Heat took this contest 6-1.  Jake Mattes went the distance, facing 35 shots. Boyle and Johnson scored in the first, in the second Nic Fidanza potted one.

In the third, Johnson, Drew Wilde and Koskimaki got goals.  Johnson finished with two goals and two assists and received the KI Who’s Hot Player of the Night.

On Remembrance Day Nov. 11, the team travelled to 100 Mile House for a contest versus the Wranglers.

The Wranglers took off with a 3-0 lead and never looked back, taking this one 5-4. Venne scored in the first, Wilde and Venne with his second in the second and Fidanza with one in the third. Byer went the distance facing another 35-shot night.

The result for the weekend was four points in the standings and a tenuous hold on second place in the division.

Next up is 100 Mile House on Friday the 15th at Art Holding Memorial Arena.

 

Salmon Arm Observer