Cranbrook, BC – The Kootenay ICE scored 2 shorthanded and goals and 1 on the power-play in a 6-3 win over the Chilliwack Bruins in WHL action on Saturday night.
ICE opened the scoring while shorthanded as Dustin Sylvester, on a two-one-one break, scored on a wrist shot high on the glove side.
Bruins tied it up with the clubs skating 4-on-4 and Ryan Howse got a breakaway and scored with a wrist shot high on the stick side.
Bruins took a 2-1 lead as Howse scored his 2nd of the game on a deflection on a point shot from Jeff Einhorn.
ICE roared back with 4 goals starting with Max Reinhart’s 1st goal career goal on a wrist shot that glanced of the goalies’ blocker and into the top corner.
On a partial breakaway Kevin King scored on a backhand shot high on the glove side.
Defenseman Cason Machacek would score his 1st career goal with a waist high deflection off a Dustin Sylvester shot. It was the club’s 2nd short-handed goal of the game.
Bruins changed goalies as Lucas Gore replaced Mark Friesen.
The ICE made it 5-2 with a power-play goal from John Negrin who stepped into a slap shot that beat the new goalie on the stick side.
Bruins Howse completed his hat-trick after finding a loose puck near the crease.
Ice forward Tylan Stephens finished the scoring on a goal mouth scramble.
The ICE will host Red Deer on Tuesday.
Game Summary
Chilliwack 5-5-1-1 Kootenay 6-5-1-3
1st Period
1. Kootenay, Sylvester 6 (Negrin) 5:31 sh
2. Chilliwack, Howse 3 17:49
Penalties – Manning Cwk (fighting) Machacek Ktn (slashing, fight) 4:19, Czerwonka Ktn (elbowing) 10:59, Manning Cwk (roughing) Fraser Ktn (roughing) 17:07, Meroupolis Cwk (elbowing) 18:03.
2nd Period
3. Chilliwack, Howse 4 (2) (Einhorn, Potter) 8:19
4. Kootenay, Reinhart 1 (Stickland) 9:05
5. Kootenay, King 3 (Barteaux, Boomer) 10:52
6. Kootenay, Machacek 1 (Sylvester) 13:43 sh
7. Kootenay, Negrin 2 (Pacovsky, Stickland) 16:44 pp
Penalties – Ward Cwk (hooking) 3:01, Wentworth Cwk (fighting) McNabb (fighting) 8:44, Stephens Ktn (high sticking) 12:17, Sundher Chw (hooking) 13:43.
3rd Period
8. Chilliwack, Howse (3) 5 (Potter) 1:11
9. Kootenay, Stephens 4 (King, Negrin) 14:26
Penalties – Ramsay Cwk (roughing, fighting) Stephens Ktn (fighting) 3:26, Sylvester Ktn (interference) 10:11, Bhungal Cwk (roughing) Wiklund Cwk (roughing) Stephens Ktn (roughing) 14:26.
Shots on goal by
Chilliwack - 9 – 4 - 5 = 18
Kootenay – 10 - 23 – 17 = 50
Goal (shots-saves) – Chilliwack: Mark Friesen (26-22) (L 2-2-0-1) Gore (24-22) (13:43 2nd period) Kootenay: Nathan Lieuwen (W 3-2-0-1)
Power plays (goals-chances) - Chilliwack: 0/4 Kootenay: 1/5
Referee – Devin Klein
Linesmen – Jason Cramer, Brad Yoshida
Attendance – 2,697