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Stepping Away From Blog

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The Comox Valley Glacier Kings are in Saanich tonight to take on the Predators. The only other game in the VIJHL has implications for the Glacier Kings as Lake Cowichan travels to Port Alberni. Comox is currently tied for third place in the North with the Bombers.

My wife and I are out of country for vacation for a couple weeks so I am taking a break from my blog, not sure if/when I will start it back up. Coach Curtis Toneff is still supplying me with the Gameday Lineups so I will keep updating that page of the blog during my time away. It has been updated already for tonight’s contest. I will be watching the game tonight as I really do enjoy listening to Clay.

Game Info:

Date: Nov. 12-25
Teams: Comox Valley @ Saanich
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: George Pearkes Arena
Where To Watch: FloHockey
Play by Play: Clayton Cochrane

Records
Comox Valley: 8-9-2-1 (T-3rd in North)
Saanich: 4-15-0-0 (4th in the South)

Power Play
Comox Valley: 15.5% (9th)
Saanich: 16.0% (8th)

Penalty Kill
Comox Valley: 82.6% (4th)
Saanich: 75.9% (11th)

Head To Head
Sep. 12: Saanich 3 Comox Valley 0
Oct. 25: Comox Valley 4 Saanich 2

Leading Scorers
Ethan Gobel: 15GP 4G 13A 17Pts (T-24th)
Zaya Morro: 20GP 6G 11A 17Pts (T-24th)

Elijah Kim: 19GP 14G 13A 27Pts (T-8th)
Kaydin Halladay: 15GP 9G 11A 20Pts (22nd)

I apologize for not doing a preview for tonight’s game but as I said I am out of country. Enjoy the game everyone.

Darryl Skender

Glacier Kings Win In Overtime

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The Comox Valley Glacier Kings got a much needed win on Saturday night as they downed the Oceanside Generals 3-2 in overtime. It was a fun game to watch with a lot of chances and great goaltending. The loss snaps the Glacier Kings two game losing streak and as well, the Gens winning streak ends at two. Oceanside actually came back from a 2-0 deficit midway through the second period but was never able to take the lead.

The Glacier Kings got the scoring started when Leon Mikhalchuk carried the puck over the offensive blue line on an oddman rush. He centered it into the slot where Tegan Clayton had his shot blocked but Winston Churchill got to the loose puck first and fired it past Andreas Bylerius to make it 1-0.

Silas Dromarsky made a nice save on Rykan Lay who was sent in on a breakaway late in the opening period and then another exciting play took place as time was winding down. Jacob Bate came in on a breakaway, went forehand-backhand and beat Dromarsky as the buzzer sounded. It was originally called a good goal by the referee but then after all 4 officials huddled they waived it off which was a good call. You can see the green light come on just before Bate backhands it.

 

The period ended 1-0 for the home side. Shots were 7-2 for the home team.

In the second period, Comox extended their lead to 2-0. Shortly after after Dromarsky robbed Levi Green, Leon Mikhalchuk got the puck in the Oceanside corner and passed puck to the circle to Tegan Clayton and his shot dribbled past Bylerius.

The Generals didn’t fold the tent however. Their captain Levi Green blocked a shot and Oceanside came the other way on a 2 on 1 which was executed perfectly. Ryken Lay slid the puck over to Kaiden Day who made no mistake putting it into the open net.

The middle stanza concluded with a 2-1 lead for the Yeti. The shots were 9-8 in favor of the Glacier Kings.

Early in the third, Lincoln Bueckert got possession of the puck along the goal line in the GKings end and slid it across the ice to a wide open Jacob Bate to tie the game at two.

Comox Valley took a penalty halfway through the period and Maxim Lefebvre saved a goal by hitting the stick of Jacob Leamy who had a sure goal after a puck deflected straight to him. The Generals dominated the last part of the period but couldn’t beat Dromarsky who was outstanding. The contest needed overtime. Shots were 12-6 for the Gens.

The winning goal came early in the extra period. Haden Parker left the puck at the top of his own circle for Cameron Collins and he did the rest. The 18 year old Comox native went end to end splitting between two defenders inside the offensive blue line and beat Bylerius up high with a backhand shot to make the final 3-2.

The win improves Comox Valley’s record to 8-9-2-1 for 19 points as they remain tied for 4th place with Port Alberni who also won. Their next game is Wednesday in Saanich. The point that Oceanside gained in the loss moves their line to 11-8-1-0 which actually puts them into a tie for first place with Nanaimo in the North. The Generals are off until next Saturday when they host the Bucs.

Other Observations:

  • The win was the Glacier Kings first in extra time this season. In their previous 3 games that went past the 3rd period they were 0-0-2-1.
  • Cameron Collins OT winner extended his points streak to 4 games (2G, 2A).
  • Kaiden Day now has points in 5 of his last 6 games (2G, 5A).
  • The Yeti haven’t scored a PP goal in 4 straight games.
  • Silas Dromarsky was really good and most likely earned himself another start in the very near future.
  • GKings are now a perfect 7-0-0-0 when leading after the 1st and 7-1-0-0 when leading after 40 minutes.
  • There was a penalty in the 2nd period you don’t see often as Zaya Morro tried playing the puck with a broken stick (no blade) and went off for 2 minutes for “Ineligible Player.”
  • Comox is back to .500 at home (3-3-1-1)
  • Leon Mikhalchuk has points in 8 of his last 9 games (5G, 5A).
  • The 2 shots the Glacier Kings gave up in the 1st period is fewest they’ve allowed in a period all season.
  • Comox Valley did their annual Remembrance Day ceremony. Well done by the organization and thank you to all our Veterans and active duty members. You are the real heroes. God bless you!

Darryl Skender

Gens-GKings Preview

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The Comox Valley Glacier Kings are back in action tonight as they host the Oceanside Generals in one of four games on the VIJHL slate. The Glacier Kings will look to rebound after a 4-3 loss in Nanaimo on Thursday. The Generals, after a 12-0 blowout loss to Peninsula on Halloween, have rebounded to win their last two games including a 1-0 shutout in Campbell River last night. Braylon Becker scored the only goal of the game midway through the second period and Ethan Suhr picked up his first shutout of the season.

The Gens and the Glacier Kings both share one thing in common as neither team has a player in the top 20 in scoring. Ryken Lay is 23rd in the VIJHL with 10G, 8A in 19 games. Zaya Morro is tied for 24th with 6G, 11A also in 19 games. Oceanside does not have anyone that averages a point per game while Ethan Gobel is the only player on the home side to hit that mark (17pts in 14 games).

Special teams will be very interesting tonight. Comox Valley needs to start creating more opportunities as they have only had the man advantage twice in the last 3 games. Leon Mikhalchuk leads the team with 3 power play goals. As for the Generals, they’ve had 17 opportunities in their last 3 contests. Jacob Leamy, Ryder Bradford and Braylon Becker lead their squad with two each.

Power Play
Oceanside: 12.2% (10th)
Comox Valley: 16.3% (9th)

Penalty Kill
Oceanside: 77.8 (9th)
Comox Valley: 81.3 (6th)

The Glacier Kings are about .500 when it comes to Goals For and Goals Against (13 PPG For/12 PPG Against) so it’s really the even strength play that has been the difference for them this year. At even strength, (5 on 5, 4 on 4, 3 on 3, the shootout not included), they are -14. Head coach/GM Curtis Toneff emphasized that his team, especially some of the more experienced players need to get better, “I went back and did the plus/minus 5 on 5 for the whole season and there’s some guys that have been on the ice for maybe five 5 on 5 goals for and some of these are veteran guys. You can only stick with for so long before there’s a guy that comes along that you might want to give an opportunity to. They haven’t seized their opportunities.” In case you’re wondering, some of the best plus/minus players on the squad are Kyle Mayenburg, Landen May and Ethan Gobel.

Oceanside is one of the hottest teams in the VIJHL right now winning 5 of their last 6 games. It seems like just a month ago they were in last place in the division. Veteran play by play broadster and multiple winner of the “Broadcaster of the Year” award Kyle Ireland talked about what is key for his club, “The Gens need to stay out of the box… the PK worked overtime last night going 6/6 in Campbell River. They need to keep rollin’ on the road… 7-4 best record in the North. If the Gens continue to get great goaltending they will be very successful. Head coach Garrett Dunlop called all 3 goalies “our rocks” last night during a second intermission interview. Not sure who is dressing yet. The guys need to use their speed and have a great forecheck against a very well coached team.” Kyle then summed it all up with, “Three factors… speed, stay out of the box and continue to play well on the road.” He will be broadcasting the game on 88.5 The Beach. Meanwhile, Comox has a chance to get back to .500 on home ice tonight as they sport a 2-3-1-1 record. The GKings have played 12 of their 19 games on the road this season.

These 2 clubs have played twice this season with both sides winning once. On September 19th, the Gens took the match 4-3 while the Yeti came back to win the second on October 18th by a 2-0 score. Oceanside currently sits in second place in the North Division with an 11-8-0-0 record, one point behind Nanaimo and four ahead of third place Campbell River. Comox Valley (7-9-2-1) is now tied for 4th after Port Alberni’s win over Kerry Park last night. Puck drop is 6:30 PM at the Sports Centre. I have the Glacier Kings lineup posted on the “Gameday Lineups” page of this blog.

Darryl Skender