Chiefs spoil opening night for Nelson Leafs
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Wow, nobody saw that one coming.
Brady Lenardon stopped all 22 shots to power the Kelowna Chiefs to a 3-0 shutout of the Nelson Leafs on opening night of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Friday night in the Heritage City.
Josh Kobelka, Jeffery Schiegel and Jaden McNulty, into an empty net, scored for the visitors from the Okanagan/Shuswap Division.
Kelowna led 1-0 after 40 minutes as the hometown Leafs struggled to generate any offence.
Everett Yasinski took the loss in goal for Nelson.
Kelowna finished third overall last season in the Okanagan Division with a record of 23-24-2-1-2 mark. The Chiefs were ousted in the first round of the playoffs in seven games.
The Leafs look to bounce right back Saturday when Nelson hosts Fernie Ghostriders at 7 p.m. in the NDCC Arena.
Rebels shock Ghostriders
Morgan Scriber, Darren Medeiros and Tayden Woods scored three unanswred goals to give host Castlegar a 3-1 win over Fernie at the Castlegar Complex.
Justin Peers scored late in the third period on the power play for the only goal for Fernie.
Joseph McLeod registered the win in goal for Castlegar while Jeff Orser took the loss for Fernie.
Castlegar hosts Kelowna Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.
Hawks outlast Braves in Lilac City
Jake Yuris snapped a 3-3 tie with a goal late in the game to lift Beaver Valley to a 5-3 win over Spokane Friday in the Washington State City.
Spokane took a 1-0 first period lead on a goal by Kurtis Redding, his first of two on the night.
Beaver Valley outscored the Braves 2-1 in the second to pull the teams even after 40 minutes.
Devin Nemes for the Hawks and Mason Jones for the Braves scored in the third before Yuris snapped home the winner.
Ryan Terpsma, Jace Weegar and Braden Fuller also scored for the Hawks.
The story originated at The Nelson Daily http://thenelsondaily.com/news/chiefs-spoil-opening-night-nelson-leafs-39161#.VfOuOc7QoUU
