Nelson's Keaton Roch lifts Kootenay Ice into tie against South Island Royals
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Nelson’s Keaton Roch scored with six minutes remaining in the game to lift Kootenay Ice into a 3-3 tie with South Island Royals in BC Major Midget Hockey League action Sunday at the NDCC Arena.
The power play goal by Roch allowed the host Ice squad to escape the weekend series with at least a point in the Major Midget standings.
South Island double Kootenay 4-2 Saturday.
Justin Podgorenko of Nelson, also scoring on the power play, and Tanner Costa of Castlegar also had goals for Kootenay.
Kayden Peck, Brandon Tutte and Ben Berard replied for South Island.
Saturday, South Island scored three consecutive goals in a wild second period to grab the first win of the series.
After Korbyn Chabot of Cranbrook gave Kootenay a 2-1 lead, Cam Coutre, Ben Grist and Berard scored in a span of eight minutes to give the Royals a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes.
Shawn Campbell of Castlegar opened the scoring for Kootenay while Peck had the other goal for South Island.
Solomon Burk of Castlegar and Jason Mailhoit were in goal for Kootenay, which improves to 5-24-5 on the season.
The Ice return to action this weekend in Nelson when the club hosts North Island Silvertips in a two game series beginning Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in the NDCC Arena.
Sunday, the puck drops at 8 a.m. in the NDCC Arena.
