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Fuller rallies Nitehawks past Nelson Leafs

The Nelson Daily Sports
By The Nelson Daily Sports
December 31st, 2015

Braden Fuller scored three times, twice in the final five minutes of the games, to rally the Beaver Valley Nitehawks past the Nelson Leafs 6-5 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Wednesday night in Fruitvale.

The game was the first since the Leafs executive changed its coaching staff, adding longtime skipper Mario DiBella to the Nelson bench.

Michael Pruss, Dylan Heppler and Sam Swanson also scored for the Murdoch Division leaders which held period leads of 3-2 and 4-3.

Austin Anselmo, Jordan Davie, Andy Fitzpatrick, Dash Thompson and Sam Weber replied for the Leafs, which rallied from a 3-1 first period deficit to take the lead at 5-4 with eight minutes remaining in the contest on a goal by Thompson.

Beaver Valley out shot the Leafs 45-28 keeping Kootenay Ice affiilate goalie Curt Doyle busy throughout most of the contest in the Nelson nets.

Fuller was name game star for the Hawks while Weber earned the honour for the Leafs.

The teams complete the home-and-home series today in Nelson at the NDCC Arena in the Leafs New Year’s Clash.

The game is the third in as many nights for the Nitehawks, which returned from the Christmas break Tuesday playing to a 1-1 draw against Castlegar Rebels.

Game time is 2:30 p.m.

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