Murdoch Final all square after Hawks thump Rebels, Game five Sunday in Castlegar
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The Murdoch Final has been boiled down to a best-of-three showdown.
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks scored three times in the first period to dump the Castlegar Rebels 6-2 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action Friday in Fruitvale.
The best-of-seven divisional final is all square at 2-2 with Game five set for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Castlegar.
Game six is back in Fruitvale Monday with a Game seven, if necessary, scheduled for the Sunflower City Wednesday.
After being held to three goals in two losses, the Hawks bounced back in a big way. Playoff scoring leader Ryan Edwards and Taylor Stafford led the charge with two goals.
Both players finished the game with three points.
Keanan Patershuk and Levi Kress also scored Beaver Valley.
Bryan Lubin and Dylan Bowerman replied for the Rebels.
Beaver Valley out shot the Rebels 42-33 making a winner out of netminder Jarrod Schamerhorn.
Jordan Gluck took the loss for Castlegar.
Tempers flared during the game with a handful of fights breaking out during the game.
Game time Sunday is 2 p.m.
Golden regains Eddie Mountain lead
Golden rallied back from a 2-0 first-period deficit to hand the Fernie Ghostriders a 7-3 shellacking Friday in the Golden.
Seven different players scored as the Rockets dominated the Riders during the final 40 minutes of play, scoring four times on the power play and out shooting Fernie 42-24.
Game four goes Saturday in Golden with the Rockets leading the best-of-seven series 2-1.
New team in the KIJHL has new coach
The 100 Mile House Wranglers Junior B Hockey Club has made one more giant step forward by announcing its first head coach.
Doug Rogers has agreed to terms to become the first head coach in the history of the organization.
Rogers was a very successful coach in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) when he was bench boss in Columbia Valley for two seasons –
