Hawks dump Leafs 4-1 in penalty-filled contest
By The Nelson Daily Sports
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Beaver Valley avenged its only loss of the season to the Nelson Leafs Saturday night, building a 3-0 lead en route to a 4-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory at the Hawks Nest in Fruitvale.
Nelson Minor Hockey grad Ryon Sookro had three points to lead the Hawks in a game that broke out into a street brawl with 2:07 remaining in the third period.
Referee Jim Maniago, as the Murdoch rivals attempted to settle a few scores before the teams meet again in the New Year, handed out a total of 146 minutes in penalties during the third-period fight-fest.
Sookro, the Hawks’ leader in points who was named the game’s first star, gave the Hawks a 1-0 first period lead with a power play marker.
The Nelson product then assisted on two second period goals by Mason Spear and Tyler Collins to give the Hawks a stranglehold on the game.
Gavin Currie snapped a shutout bid by Mike Vlanich with a goal in the second frame. Keanan Patershuk got that marker back in the third.
Friday Nelson exploded for four third period goals to dump Kimberley Dynamiters 6-4 in the Bavarian City.
Cody Abbey scored twice and Connor McLaughlin and Colton Schell, first star on the night, had two points, to lead the Leafs.
Taylor O’Neil, Schell, Brennan Foreman, acting some revenge on his old mates, and Braeden Hikichi also scored for Nelson.
Darren Hogg, getting the start in both games this weekend, stopped 19 shots to register the win in goal for Nelson Kimberley held period leads of 2-1 and 3-2. Nelson out shot the Nitros 33-22.
Former Nelson Leafs Adrian Moyls, traded to the Eddie Mountain Club last month, did not play in the game for Kimberley.
The Leafs complete the three-game weekend today when the club hosts Grand Forks at 1 p.m. in the NDCC Arena.
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