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Wolves Win 6th Straight

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The Westshore Wolves jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead and held on for a 6-4 victory over the Comox Valley Glacier Kings on Friday. It was a valiant effort by the Yeti as they came back after being down early to take a 2 goal lead but Westshore, who have now won 6 in a row, proved why they are the highest scoring team in the league. It was disappointing to give up the lead but the boys played hard and looked gassed by the end. Full marks to the Wolves who are a very good skating team which is just one of the reasons their offence is so good.

Westshore came out of the gates skating hard and earned an early 1-0 lead when Linden Hoskins took a wrist shot from the top of the circle that Timothee Fengos stopped but Owen Hentschel tapped in the rebound from inside the crease. The Wolves then went up 2-0 late in that opening stanza when defenceman Kyle Mayenburg got caught up ice on a bad bounce and Westshore had a 2 on1, Ashton Vine-Sullivan slid a perfect pass over to Jackson Buie who went forehand-backhand on Fengos before putting it up high glove-side.

But, with just over a minute left, Comox would cut the lead in half when Leon Mikhalchuk centered the puck from behind the the net and Zaya Morro got to it in a crowd of sticks and skates and somehow put it past goaltender Ander Reyes. The period would end at 2-1. Shots on goal were 13-11 in favor of the Yeti.

In the second period, the GKings would tie it up on the power play. Cameron Collins fed the puck to the side of the net to Ethan Gobel who slid it in front to Leon Mikhalchuk and he backhanded it past Reyes. Just 2:21 later Comox would take their first lead of the game with another power play goal. Cameron Collins passed to the left side boards to Suhaan Nagra who immediately fed it cross-ice to Ethan Gobel. The 18 year old blasted a one-timer past the goalie and it was 3-2.

The Glacier Kings weren’t done there. Shortly after a successful penalty kill, they would have a 2 on 1 of their own. Kaden Ryan turned the puck over at his own blue line and Ethan Gobel went in and took a shot that Reyes made the save on but Cohen Kallin got the rebound and just got it by the sprawling goaltender. Suddenly it was 4-2 for the road side.

However, you knew you weren’t going to keep Parker Atkinson off the score sheet forever. He gave a perfect tape to tape pass to Noah Gebicki in the slot who one-timed it into a wide open net to make it 4-3.

That’s how the middle frame ended. Shots were 17-6 for the Glacier Kings.

Things got even more tense in the 3rd when Noah Gebicki went over the blue line and both d-men cheated over towards him. That left Kansys Seney all by himself and he made no mistake. That tied the game at 4.

Jasper Fellbaum would put the Wolves ahead for good after a lucky bounce and he found himself wide open in front, then beat Fengos on the blocker side. Alejandro Snead would add an insurance marker after that to make it 6-4. Shots were 11-7 for the home team in final period.

The loss drops the Glacier Kings record to 5-7-2-1 as they remain in 5th place in the North. They will be at home to Saanich on Saturday. Meanwhile the Wolves win improves their line to 13-2-1-0 and are now 4 points ahead of 2nd place Peninsula. Their next action is next Wednesday when they host Campbell River.

Other Observations:

  • Westshore had 12 different players with at least a point.
  • Comox Valley had 3 players with multiple points.
  • During the Wolves 6 game winning streak, they have outscored their opponents 31-16.
  • GKings scored 4 consecutive goals from the near the end of the 1st to midway through the 2nd, the Wolves then scored 4 consecutive to finish the game.
  • Kansys Seney extended his point streak to 6 games (5G, 4A)
  • After going 1 for 27 on the PP in October, Comox Valley scored on their first 2 PP opportunities of the game. For some reason, the online scoring shows they were 2 for 2 but were actually 2 for 4.
  • Love the broadcast from Marlon Martens. He’s one of the best in the league. I actually sent him a friend request on Facebook a long time ago but he didn’t accept lol.
  • Leon Mikhalchuk now has a goal in 4 consecutive games.
  • This is the first time this season that Comox has lost a game when leading after 2 periods (4-1-0-0).
  • Attendance was just 93 people at the game. The capacity for the Q Centre is 2780 including standing room.
  • Ethan Gobel is the only Glacier King averaging more than a point per game (13 points in 10 games).
  • The 6 goals allowed are the most the Yeti have given up this season. Their previous high was 5 which was also against Westshore. They had only allowed 3 goals total in their previous 3 games.
  • The GKings continue to lead the VIJHL in Penalty killing. In October, they have only allowed 2 goals on 25 shorthanded situations.

Darryl Skender

Glacier Kings Stats So Far

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Goals For: 7-9-9-0= 25 (+1, -4, -2, -2= -7)

Goals Against: 6-13-11-2 = 32

Score First Goal: 2-2-1-0

Allow First Goal: 1-3-1-0

Lead After First Period: 3-0-0-0

Trail After First Period: 0-2-1-0

Tied After First Period: 0-3-1-0

Lead After Second Period: 2-0-0-0

Trail After Second Period: 1-4-1-0

Tied After Second Period: 0-1-1-0

Power Play (Season): 9/51 (17.6% – 9th)

Penalty Kill (Season): 28/33 (84.8% – 2nd)

SHG For (Season): 1 (T-5th)

SHG Against (Season): 1 (T-5th)

Most Goals For (Game): 5 (Sep. 20-25 @ Kerry Park; Sep. 27-25 vs. Nanaimo)

Most Goals Against (Game): 5 (Oct. 4-25 vs. Westshore)

Most Goals For (Period): 3 (Sep. 28 @ Peninsula)

Most Goals Against (Period): 3 (Sep. 6-25 @ Nanaimo; Sep. 26-25 @ Campbell River)

Fewest Goals For (Game): 0 (Sep. 12-25 @ Saanich)

Fewest Goals Allowed (Game): 1 (Sep. 20-25 @ Kerry Park)

Most Shots For (Game): 57 (Sep. 20-25 @ Kerry Park)

Most Shots Against (Game): 54 (Oct. 4-25 vs. Westshore)

Most Shots For (Period): 21 (Oct. 3-25 @ Campbell River)

Most Shots Against (Period): 25 (Oct. 4-25 vs. Westshore)

Fewest Shots For (Game): 23 (Sep. 6-25 @ Nanaimo)

Fewest Shots Against (Game): 19 (Sep. 20-25 @ Kerry Park)

Fewest Shots For (Period): 6 (Sep. 6-25 @ Nanaimo)

Fewest Shots Against (Period): 3 (Sep. 20-25 @ Kerry Park)

Outshoot Opponents: 4 (2-2-0-0)

Outshot By Opponents: 6 (1-3-2-0)

Stars Of The Game Points (3-2-1):

Zaya Morrow 4; Leon Mikhalchuk 4; Suhaan Nagra 3; Westin Churchill 2;

Kyle Mayenburg 2; Anthony Ganoung 2; Cohen Kallin 1 Timothee Fengos 1

Glaciers Kings Win

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It took a little longer than most people expected but the Comox Valley Glacier Kings played a complete game, start to finish, and earned a 5-1 victory over the Kerry Park Islanders. It was a well deserved win for the Yeti who outshot the Islanders 57-19 including 20-3 in the first period. Comox had been knocking on the door in their past couple games but finally got it done on Saturday.

The first goal of the game came on an odd man rush after Kerry Park’s Hudson Closson’s shot from the right dot went high and the puck ricocheted  around the boards out to centre ice. Mateo Moro was the first to get to it and he quickly passed it up to Zaya Morro who went down the right side and took a shot from the top of the circle. Joshua Dubreuil made a kick save but the rebound went to Ethan Gobel who buried it at 9:16 of the opening period. The Glacier Kings made it 2-0 on another odd man rush. Cameron Collins started from his own blue line after a turnover, he actually got checked coming over the opposition blue line but the Islanders defenceman Owen Robertson partially fanned on a clearing attempt and gave it right to Westin Churchill who made no mistake. The goal was credited to Zaya Morro who wasn’t even on the ice. The first period would finish 2-0.

It was more of the same in the 2nd period. Just a couple minutes in, Comox Valley won the faceoff and controlled play without ever relinquishing the puck. They had 2 fantastic chances but were stoned by Dubreuil before Joel Schmidt pulled the puck out of the corner skated along the boards back to the blue line, curled into the slot and fired a wrist shot past the netminder. Declan Johannesen got credit as he was standing in front of the net but didn’t appear to touch the puck. The Kings would make it 4-0 before the middle frame was complete. It was an innocent looking play to say the least. Suhaan Nagra skated with the puck behind the Islanders net and went towards the corner. About halfway to the corner he turned and shot from a terrible angle and it found its way into the back of the net. Shots were 20-7 in that period.

Comox goalie Silas Dromarski would lose his shutout bid midway through the 3rd period. Tomasz Ptaszek was a one-man wrecking crew as he won the offensive zone faceoff, and would also eventually end up in the slot, take a pass, quickly go from forehand to backhand to forehand in traffic and beat Dromarski blocker side. It was a well earned goal. There would be one final goal at the end of the game. It happened on a scramble in front of Kerry Park’s net. Ethan Gobel was parked in front of the crease and went forehand to backhand to slide the puck past the goaltender’s pad. That’s how the game would end.

It was a pretty chippy game at times, especially in the 3rd period but the Glacier Kings did what they needed to do to get the ‘W’. That improves their record to 1-3-1. The loss drops the Islanders to 0-6-0. Up next for Comox will be a tough one in Campbell River Friday night. Remember these 2 teams battled into overtime in their first meeting. The Islanders are off until Saturday when they will play host to the Saanich Predators.

Other Observations

  • Comox had the first 13 shots of the game before Kerry Park notched their first.
  • For the second game in a row, Comox had a goal disallowed. It looked like Kyle Mayenburg scored in the 1st period but it was waved off for goaltender interference.
  • Shots at one point the second period were 33-4 on the score clock.
  • Comox’s 2nd fight of the season happened late in the 3rd period when Cohen Kallin caught Tate Wilkinson with a massive hit behind the Islanders net. The refs deemed it a clean hit. Head coach Curtis Toneff left Kallin on the ice and then couldn’t take him off after a Glacier Kings icing. The Islanders put some tough customers on the ice and after the faceoff Reece Miyoshi, Jayan Biring and Nick Scott all went after him with Scott getting him to fight.
  • Somehow Kerry Park got 2 of the 3 stars in this game… nope I won’t get into it again!!!
  • Congratulations to Silas Drobarsky in his first VIJHL game getting the victory.
  • Comox was not shorthanded in the game. When is the last time you saw that?
  • The Glacier Kings have 4 PP goals in their last 2 games.
  • I’d like to leave this segment by asking everyone to never forget Kerry Park assistant coach Phil Downie who passed away last February unexpectedly. I’m stealing a quote from the Islanders that said, “Phil was so many things to so many people. A friend, a coach, a mentor, a husband, a son, a father. He was one of the great ones.” Well said by a classy organization. Mr. Downie, you will always be missed but you never be forgotten.💔

Darryl Skender