Leafs no match for defending KIJHL Champion Kimberley Dynamiters
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Sawyer Hunt played most of his minor hockey in Nelson.
So it should come to no one’s surprise that the former Nelson Minor Hockey product would have something to say in a game between his new club, the Kimberley Dynamiters, and the Nelson Leafs.
Hunt scored twice to lead the Nitros to a 4-0 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Leafs Saturday night at the NDCC Arena.
The loss, coupled with a 5-2 setback Friday in Fernie against the Ghostriders, drops the Leafs into fourth spot in Neil Murdoch Division standings.
Nelson, tied with Grand Forks at 35 points, has played two more games than the Bruins.
Hunt, who opened the game with a power play goal six minutes into the contest, put the visitors up by three goals by jamming home the puck during a goal mouth scramble with time running out in the second frame.
The 3-0 lead was more than enough of a cushion for All-World goalie Tyson Brouwer in the Kimberley nets.
Brouwer, the third-best backstopper in the KIJHL, stopped all 16 shots to register the shutout.
Patrick Ostermann took the loss in goal for Nelson as the hosts were out shot 31-16 in the contest.
LEAFS NOTES: Nelson travels to Castlegar Saturday for the first game of a home-and-home series against the Rebels. The rematch is January 29 in Nelson. . . . Nelson will wait until February before testing newly signed netminder Josh Williams returns to the lineup for the Leafs. Williams is currently re-habbing a knee injury that has kep the Alberta based netminder out of the lineup. . . . The Leafs were missing defenceman Kyle Chernenkoff. The Crescent Valley native suffered a concussion Friday in Fernie and was forced to leave the lineup until he’s given the clearance.
