The Central GM Novice squad travelled to Clearwater to play the Crushers on Dec. 13, and came back to 100 Mile House with a win and a tie.
The first game saw Central GM skate to a 6-4 victory with hat tricks going to Keegan Sanders and Martin Stillis. Sanders recorded assists on two of Stillis’ goals.
100 Mile jumped out to a 4-1 lead at the end of the first period and traded goals with Clearwater in the second stanza. Clearwater notched two goals to Central GM’s one in the third.
Game 2
This contest ended in a tie 7-7, with Sanders notching another hat trick.
Trey Pacheco scored a pair of goals, while Lincoln Sutton and Martin Stillis added singles and Lee Koch had an assist.
Again Central GM charged out of the gates with a 4-1 lead after 20 minutes. The teams scored three goals each in the second period, but Clearwater scored three unanswered markers to get the tie in the final frame
Connor Szatmari was between the pipes for 100 Mile and he saw rapid fire shots in both games, making unbelievable saves, says coach Jamie Sanders.