Teck Cup playoffs Round 1 Game 7 recap

Colton Phillips-Watts earned his second career KIJHL Teck Cup playoff shutout for the Kamloops Storm with a 32-save performance in a 1-0 win over the Sicamous Eagles. Nathan Bohmer hammered home the winner on a one-timer fed to him by Ryan Larsen on the power-play at 13:42 of the first period. The Eagles fired 14 shots at the 20-year-old goalie in the second period, then put on late pressure in the third, with another 10 shots. Eagles goalie Gabe Bergeron stopped 31 of 32 shots, including 16 of 17 in the opening period. The Storm will move on to face the Revelstoke Grizzlies in the Doug Birks Division championship.

Sicamous Eagles captain Alex Smith had a big game with two goals, including the winner, as they defeated the Kamloops Storm 2-1 in Game 6. Smith scored both goals in the opening seven minutes of the game. Ryan Larsen gave the Storm some life with a short-handed goal with a second remaining in the second period. The Eagles gave the Storm little opportunity in the third period outshooting them 13-6 and 41-20 in total. Gabe Bergeron had a strong performance in goal for the Eagles, while Colton Phillips-Watts kept his team in the game making 39 saves.

It was a memorable return for Fernie Ghostrider Jack Lambert as he scored the series clinching goal against the Creston Valley Thunder Cats in Game 5 of the Teck Cup playoffs. His winner came on the power-play with 23 seconds remaining in regulation time, giving them a 4-3 win. Along with Lambert, the Ghostriders got goals from Cole Fisher, Luke Schaeffer and Andrew Kennedy. Scoring for the Thunder Cats were Bobby Anselmo, Luke Chakrabarti and Nikolai Morrison. Levi Hall made 32 saves for the win, while Dario Cantini stopped 38.

JP Desabrais scored twice, including the winner, in a 3-0 Grand Forks Border Bruins win over the Nelson Leafs, to clinch their series in five games. Levi Astill scored the third goal, and Ethan Shebansky stopped 33 shots. Karl Soneff made 40 saves for the Leafs. The Border Bruins’ second goal came on the power-play, which went 1-for-8.

Braycen Dube netted a hat-trick, including the winning goal, in a 6-1 Kamloops Storm victory over the Sicamous Eagles. The Storm scored three times on the power-play, including Dube’s winner. Keenan Conn, Ryan Larsen and Lochlan Stefanishyn each had two points. Colton Phillips-Watts made 31 saves for the Storm. Josh Missfeldt scored for the Eagles, and Dylan Marshall made 25 saves in 44:50 of action.

Kelowna Chiefs

Princeton Posse

The Princeton Posse erased a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Kelowna Chiefs 6-2, led by Brennan Watterson’s two-goal effort, including on the 3-2 winner. Nathan Scott led the Posse with three assists including on the winner. The Chiefs took a 2-0 lead on a short-handed goal by Austen Rayburn and a power-play tally by Xavier Burgher. Jake Kessler led the Chiefs with two assists. Joey Hawco made 29 saves for the win, while Brendan Smith stopped 37 of 43 shots.

Nate Glenn stopped 31 shots to help the Columbia Valley Rockies defeat the defending KIJHL Teck Cup champion Kimberley Dynamiters 4-1. The Rockies went 2-for-7 on the power-play , opening the scoring on the man advantage on a goal by Bryan Kim, his second of the series. Jamieson Franz scored the winner. Carter Velker, Oleg Bitus and Gage Sather each had two points. Trey Stephenson scored the lone Dynamiters goal. Matt Fleet made 23 saves.

Coden Fournier scored his second goal of the playoffs for the Fernie Ghostriders to give them a 2-1 double overtime victory against the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. Ben Skarsen opened the scoring for the Ghostriders in the first period, and Max Chakrbarti made it 1-1 with 2:35 remaining in the second period. Nick Kunyk made 33 saves for the win, while Jacob Burnside stopped 39.

Louis Adler earned his first KIJHL Teck Cup playoff win with a 27-save performance for the Revelstoke Grizzlies in a 5-1 win over the Chase Heat. Prezton Stewart netted the winner with 3:26 remaining in the first period, while teammate Colton McLeod earned the first star with a goal and two assist performance. Meyer Gaume saved 10 of 14 shots in 30:52 of action, before being relieved by Luke Roberts, who saved 14 of 15 shots in 29:08 of action.

The Columbia Valley Rockies have the defending KIJHL Teck Cup champion Kimberley Dynamiters one game away from elimination. Riley Langille opened the scoring for the Dynamiters with his second of the post-season, set up by Tristan Weill and Parker Konneke, but the Rockies replied late in the opening frame with a power-play goal by Kobe Mason, who scored his third goal. Luke Hamilton netted the winner late in the second period and Jamieson Franz added an insurance goal with 50 seconds remaining in regulation, beating Matt Fleet, who finished with 33 saves. Nate Glenn stopped 30 shots, including all 11 he faced in the third period. He was named the second star.

Kyler Watson scored early into overtime to give the Fernie Ghostriders a 6-5 victory over the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. The Thunder Cats led 3-1 after the first period, then the Ghostriders outscored them 3-1 in the middle frame. Watson led the Ghostriders with two goals, while Landon Hedges haunted his former team with three assists, including on the OT winner. Levi Hall finished with 23 saves. Nikolai Morrison led the Thunder Cats with three points.

Boris Hristov scored his second goal of the playoffs to give the Beaver Valley Nitehawks a 3-0 lead. His goal proved to be the winner as the Castlegar Rebels battled back with a pair of power-play goals by Joshua Gamble and Evan Calder. Connor Stojan made 29 saves for the win, while Matteo Hueston made 35 for the Rebels. Both goalies earned the game stars. The Nitehawks advance to the second round of the Teck Cup playoffs and will play the winner between Grand Forks and Nelson.

The Grand Forks Border Bruins built a commanding 4-0 lead on the Nelson Leafs en route to a 5-2 win. Tyler Burke’s first of the post-season proved to be the winner at 11:49 of the second period. Levi Astill led the Border Bruins with two goals, and Ethan Shebansky made 38 saves for the win. Kane Kennedy and Seamus Boyd scored for the Leafs on the power-play. The Leafs replaced goalie Karl Soneff, 18 saves on 22 shots, with Jackson McLeod. He saved all 10 shots faced in 22:15 of action.

Ashton Angle opened the scoring for the Sicamous Eagles with his third goal of the playoffs, however, the Kamloops Storm scored four unanswered to earn a 4-1 win. Thomas Clarke’s first career playoff goal was the eventual winner as he was sent in all alone by Braycen Dube. Colton Phillips-Watts made 21 saves for the Storm, while Gabe Bergeron finished with 24 saves.

The Princeton Posse had a 5-0 lead before the Kelowna Chiefs scored their first goal in the third period, in what finished as a 7-1 win. Matthew Langdon scored the winner on a 2-0 with Tyson Horiachka, and Justice Loewen led the Posse with four points. Aiden Morcom scored the Chiefs goal. Blake Sittler made 21 saves for his second playoff win. The Posse sealed the win with a four-goal third period.

Luke Aston scored the winner for the Revelstoke Grizzlies over the Chase Heat late in the second period for a 3-2 win. Jozef Kuchaslo made 28 saves, while his Heat goalie Meyer Gaume made 50 saves, including 25 in the first period. Lynden Robertson led the Heat with two assists.

North Okanagan Knights

Osoyoos Coyotes

The North Okanagan Knights opened the scoring in the first period with a power-play goal by Adam Valach, and added two more that period. Luke Rishaug’s 3-0 goal in the first proved to be the winner in a 5-2 final against the Osoyoos Coyotes. Nolan Kelly led the Knights with three points, while Devin Jameson collected two assists. Bronson Seymour scored both Coyotes goals as Josh Hager finished with 46 saves, including 18 in the third period, for the win. Hunter Arntsen stopped 10 of 13 shots, and was relieved by Hayden Lee, who made 30 saves in 40 minutes of action.

The Kimberley Dynamiters won Game 3 over the Columbia Valley Rockies with two third period goals by Kade Leskosky and Parker Konneke, who netted the 4-3 winner with 3:34 remaining in regulation time. Defenceman Trey Stephenson led the Dynamiters with three points – all assists, while Leskosky had two goals. Tristan Weill scored the other Dynamiters goal. Matt Fleet made 36 saves for the win. Kobe Mason led the Rockies with two goals, with Ellis Mcgeough scoring the other goal.

A power-play goal by Beaver Valley Nitehawks defenceman Lohgan Nimmo with 20 seconds remaining in the first overtime period gave them a 4-3 win over the Castlegar Rebels. The teams traded power-play goals in each period, with the Nitehawks offence spread among four players – Nimmo, Beau Manegre, Boris Hristov and Adam Redding. Connor Stojan made 22 saves for the win, while Ethan Lawczynski made 40 saves. Bradley Beals, Reid Gerrand and Jace Kramer scored for the Rebels. There were 21 power-plays combined.

Chad Bates’ first goal of the playoffs was a big one as it gave the Grand Forks Border Bruins a 3-2 overtime victory over the Nelson Leafs. Bates beat Karl Soneff, who made 33 saves, following a faceoff win. The Border Bruins forced overtime when Ben Edwards scored his second of the game with 2:26 remaining in regulation time. The Border Bruins scored all their goals on the power-play, going 3-for-4. Ethan Shebansky made 37 saves for the win. Kieran Christianson and Quinn Ramsay scored for the Leafs.

Dylan Marshall enjoyed a 30-save performance to help the Sicamous Eagles earn a 4-0 win at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre. Brendan Calahasen scored the winner with his second of the playoffs, while Warren Roberts-Lee scored twice on the power-play to secure the win. Defenceman Josh Missfeldt had two assists. Colton Phillips-Watts finished with 23 saves.

Hunter O’Neal scored his first of the KIJHL Teck Cup playoffs 13 seconds into overtime to give the Kelowna Chiefs a 2-1 win over the Princeton Posse. The Chiefs forced extra time at Rutland Arena when Matt Saretsky set up Aidan Morcom for the equalizer on the power-play with 44 seconds remaining in regulation time. Matthew Langdon opened the scoring for the Posse 4:52 into the second period. Brendan Smith made 28 saves for the win, while Joey Hawco stopped 29.

North Okanagan Knights

Osoyoos Coyotes

Josh Hager saved 48 shots, Cole Dermott scored the winner, and Gage Parrell scored twice as the North Okanagan Knights defeated the Osoyoos Coyotes 5-0. Parrell led the Knights with three points, while Nolan Kelly and Devin Jameson each had two points. Hunter Arntsen had 38 saves for the Coyotes. 

Levi Hall earned his first KIJHL Teck Cup playoffs shutout in a 2-0 Fernie Ghostriders win over the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. Hall made 28 saves in the first period and Taylor Haggerty scored the winner with 6:32 remaining in the second period to help the Ghostriders even the series at one. The Thunder Cats are 0-for-9 on the power-play after two games, while the Ghostriders are 1-for-8.

Nate Glenn earned his first playoff shutout with a 25-save performance for the Columbia Valley Rockies in a 1-0 victory over the Kimberley Dynamiters. Bryan Kim scored the winner with his first playoff goal with 6:17 remaining in regulation time. After two games, the Rockies’ power-play has gone 0-for-11, while the Dynamiters are 1-for-10.

Ollie Clement scored the winning goal for the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in a 3-1 win over the Castlegar Rebels. Cade Reber and Kaleb Percival each had two assists, while Ethan Smyth had a goal and an assist. Connor Stojan made 26 saves for the win, while Rebels goalie Ethan Lawczysnki stopped 40 shots. The Nitehawks are 4-for-21 on their power-play, while the Rebels have gone 0-for-16 after two games.

Leighton Partington scored the winner for the Nelson Leafs in a 1-0 victory over the Grand Forks Border Bruins. Karl Sonef earned his first playoff shutout with a 39-save performance, while Ethan Shebansky stopped 30 for the Border Bruins. The Leafs are 0-for-8 on the power-play, while the Border Bruins are 3-for-12.

Ryan Larsen scored the 3-2 winner for the Kamloops Storm over the Sicamous Eagles into an empty-net while the Storm had a 2-1 lead with 1:42 remaining in regulation. Larsen also assisted on Teghan Mullin’s first playoff goal. Colton Phillips-Watts made 27 saves for the win. Ashton Angle and Luke Rothfos scored for the Eagles.

The Revelstoke Grizzlies erased a 2-0 Chase Heat lead by scoring five unanswered goals to win 5-2. It was started by a tremendous goal by Luke Aston, who knocked the puck past Meyer Gaume while in the air. Aston also assisted on the goal to even the score at 2-2, while Nathan White scored the winner. Brady Schwab and Alexander Bronswyk each had two points. Jozef Kuchaslo made 43 saves, while Gaume had 55. The Heat have gone 0-for-10 on the power-play, while the Grizzlies have gone 1-for-8 in the first two games.

Kelowna Chiefs

Princeton Posse

Carson Hebert led the Princeton Posse with a hat-trick and two assists, while Bryton Morrow scored the winner in a 7-2 final with his first goal, and added two assists. Blake Sittler made 27 saves for his first playoff win. Leading 4-2 after two periods, the Posse sealed the victory with three third-period goals by Hebert with two and Tyson Horiachka, who had a three-point night. Anmol Garcha also had a three-point night.

Joseph Melichar and Matt Keylor scored for the Chiefs, and Brendan Smith made 40 saves. The Posse are 3-for-6 on the power-play after two games, while the Chiefs have gone 4-for-11.

Osoyoos Coyotes

North Okanagan Knights

The North Okanagan Knights secured a 5-1 win over the Osoyoos Coyotes with a four-goal third period, starting with Devin Jameson’s winner 6:11 into the period and Nolan Kelly scoring twice. Gage Parrell also had a two-goal night that included an empty-netter on their final goal. Parrell and Kelly led the Knights with three points. Logan Messer scored the lone Coyotes goal, beating Josh Hager late in the third period. Hager made 36 saves. The Coyotes are 3-for16 on the power-play and the Knights are 2-for-10 in the first two games.

Nelson Leafs

Grand Forks Border Bruins

Sicamous Eagles

Kamloops Storm

Kelowna Chiefs

Princeton Posse

Chase Heat

Revelstoke Grizzlies

Osoyoos Coyotes

North Okanagan Knights