Kootenay Ice gets snowed under by Cariboo Cougars
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The B.C. Major Midget Hockey League leaders put some serious hurt on the basement dwellers from Kootenay this weekend in the Sunflower City.
The Cariboo Cougars out scored the Ice 18-6 in two games to sweep the BCMMHL series this weekend at the Community Complex.
The Cougars opened the series scoring four power play goals en route to a 9-4 victory over the Ice Saturday.
Cariboo, first place in BCMMHL standings with a 7-2-1 mark, completed the sweep Sunday, pounding Kootenay 9-2 Sunday.
It took the Cougars just over a period to get rid of their bus legs.
The slow start allowed Kootenay to take a 3-2 lead into the first period intermission thanks to goals by Quinn Klimchuk of Castlegar, Trail’s Jake Lucchini and Mitch Foyle of Fruitvale.
But Cariboo erased the one-goal deficit by outscoring the Ice 3-1 in the second.
The Cougars added a four-spot in the third, including three goals on the power play, to complete the rout.
John Skeet of Christina Lake completed the scoring for Kootenay.
Ryan Forbes, who finished the game with five points including two goals, led Cariboo. Logan Styler also scored twice for the Cougars.
Sunday, Cariboo held leads of 2-0 and 6-1. Eli Jarvis paced the Cougar attack with five points — a goal and four helpers.
Nathan Craft scored three times for Cariboo. Grayson Reitmeier of Nakusp and Lucchini replied for Kootenay
Female goalie Kimberley Newell and Brett Soles split the netminder duties for Kootenay.
The Ice, falling to 1-6-1 on the season, travel to Victoria Saturday to meet the South Island Thunderbirds in the first of two meetings.
The T-Birds, 1-6-3, are two points ahead of the Ice in BCMMHL standings.
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