Kingwell's hat-trick powers Ghostriders past struggling Leafs
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The New Year started out so well, and there was plenty of optimism in the camp of the Nelson Leafs.
Despite dropping a heartbreaking overtime decision to division rival Beaver Valley on the final day of 2016, the Leafs had good reason to feel great after pushing one of the league heavyweights to the wall before losing with just over two seconds left in the game.
There also was a seven-game January home stand on the horizon for a management team that had worked so hard to finally find most of the pieces to make a stretch run.
