The Ridge Meadows Flames got an overtime win and suffered a loss in a pair of weekend games against the Abbotsford Pilots in Junior B hockey action.
The Pilots are one of the league’s top teams, sitting in third place in the Pacific Junior Hockey League.
In Abbotsford on Saturday, Jackson Waniek registered a hat-trick as the Abbotsford won the second of back-to-back meetings by a score of 8-2.
Andrew Strelezki and Alexandre Furlan both scored for the Flames.
In Maple Ridge on Friday, Brad Crompton scored the game-winning goal in overtime as the Flames defeated the Pilots by a score of 4-3.
Marco Ballarin registered a goal and an assist for the Flames, who trailed the game 3-1 after 20 minutes, but had an impressive comeback.
Furlan and Jacob Dorey also scored for the Flames.
Jason Sandhu made 39 saves and recorded the victory in the Ridge Meadows net.
After the weekend, the Flames are 13-15-2-3 and in fourth place in the Harold Brittain Conference.
On Friday night, the Flames will host the Aldergrove Kodiaks, at 7:30 p.m. at Planet Ice, and Saturday they will be at the Mission Leisure Centre to take on the Outlaws at 6:45 p.m.
