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Leafs outlast Braves 5-4 to capture home opener

The Nelson Daily Sports
By The Nelson Daily Sports
September 17th, 2016

Nelson Leafs scored three times in the first period en route to a 5-4 victory over the Spokane Braves in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Friday night at the NDCC Arena.

Kolten Nelson scored twice to lead the Leafs to a second consecutive win over the Braves.

Nelson bounced Spokane 6-2 Saturday in the Lilac City.

Leafs dominated the Braves early as Nelson, Sawyer Hunt and Eamonn Miller scored in the opening frame to give the home side a 3-0 advantage.

After Hunt scored, the shot clock read 10-1 in favour of the Leafs.

Nelson increased its lead to 5-1 in the third as Nelson and Sam Weber scored before the Braves rallied to make the game close.

Blake Halfpenny and Trail Thompson with a pair made the score close in the final period. Greg Lind had the other marker, scoring on the power play, for Spokane.

Jason Sandhu registered his second win of the season in goal over the Braves as Nelson outshot Spokane 33-26.

Leafs travel to Castlegar Saturday to face the Rebels. Castlegar served up the first loss of the season to Beaver Valley as the Sunflower City squad outlasted the Hawks 7-6.

The win was also the Rebels first of the season after losing twice on a trip to the East Kootenay.

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