Today’s Poll

GV Giants end season for Kootenay Ice with pair of shutout wins

The Nelson Daily Sports
By The Nelson Daily Sports
March 5th, 2015

The Greater Vancouver Giants tuned up for the BC Hockey Major Midget League playoffs by posting a couple of lopsided wins over the Kootenay Ice this past weekend at the NDCC Arena in Nelson.

The Giants, second in league standings with a 26-10-4 record, bounced the Ice 6-0 Saturday and 2-0 Sunday to conclude the regular season for both clubs.

The Giants now meet the South Island Royals in a best-of-three playoff series beginning Friday in Burnaby.

Saturday, Greater Van scored four times in the second period to break open a close game.

Desi Burgart and Josh Latta each scored twice in the contest.

Ryland Chernomaz and Wilson Northey added singles to round out the scoring for the Giants.

Sunday, the Giants scored singles in the second and third periods to narrowly defeat the pesky Ice squad.

Mateo Coltellaro and Carter Stephenson scored for the Giants.

The two losses conclude the season for Kootenay.

The Ice finished the Major Midget campaign in tenth spot with a 5-29-6 record.

The top eight teams advance to the playoff round.

The other three series have Cariboo Cougars hosting Fraser Valley Thunderbirds in Prince George; Vancouver Northeast Chiefs facing Valley West Hawks in Port Coquitlam and Okanagan Rockets meeting Greater Vancouver Canadians in Kelowna.

The BC Hockey Major Midget League was established in 2004 to provide elite level 15, 16 and 17 year olds an opportunity to play within their own age group at a high level and be developed for the next level of hockey. These teams have an opportunity each year to compete for the National Midget Championship.

ICE NOTES: Kadrian Klimchuck of Castlegar topped the Ice in scoring with 30 points. Tanner Costa, also of Castlegar, was second with 24 points. . . . Klimchuk and Costa also finished one, two in goals with 16 and 11, respectively. Shawn Campbell of Castlegar also had 11 goals. . . . Netminder Burk Solomon of Castlegar won three games in goal for Kootenay while Trail’s Jason Mailhiot had a pair of wins. Mailhiot had the better goal average at 4.71.

Categories: Sports

Other News Stories

Opinion