Oceanside 4 Saanich 3
Three third period goals helped the Oceanside Generals march by the Saanich Predators 4-3 in Friday night VIJHL play at George Pearkes Arena.
Oceanside, which led 1-0 after the first, had goals from first star Liutaruras Rimkevicius, Brodie Wade, Peyton Lucas and Jacob Bate, with third star Jacob Leamy adding an assist and Kye Johnson stopping 34 pucks for the win.
Saanich tied the contest on a goal by Nick Scott, knotting the score heading into the third period, and the Predators also had tallies from Maxime Simard and Cameron Simpson. James Hall was named second star with a 43 save effort.
Port Alberni 4 Nanaimo 5 (OT)
Second star Dylan Lazaroff’s power play goal 5:50 into overtime hoisted the Nanaimo Buccaneers over the Port Alberni Bombers 5-4 as 320 spectators took in the action at Nanaimo Ice Centre.
First star Kody Pham had two goals and two assists to pace the Bucs, with other markers coming from Owen Hyde and Bostyn MacDonald. Jason Ho stopped 43 shots to pick up the win.
Third star Cole Campbell, Kolten Brown, Troy Zajac and Domenico Tremblay had the Bombers goals, as the visitors led 2-1 and 3-2 by periods. Ethan Losier finished with 39 stops in the Bombers net.
Victoria 2 Peninsula 3
A standout 44 save effort from goalie Nicholas Smelser and a goal and an assist from second star Lukas Preweda led the Peninsula Panthers nip the Victoria Cougars in front of 201 people at Panorama Recreation Centre.
Peninsula led 1-0 and 2-0 by periods and had their other goals from Braden Boman and Casey Raven.
Tomas Boon and Grady Sluggett brought Victoria back from a 3-0 deficit with late third period goals, and Armaan Kaila was named third star by stopping 25 pucks in the Cougars cage.
Lake Cowichan 3 Campbell River 1
Zander Lalani scored twice, including the winner midway through the third period, leading the Lake Cowichan Kraken to a 3-1 defeat of the Campbell River Storm in front of 780 fans at Rod Brind’Amour Arena.
Blaine Wilson had the other goal for Lake Cowichan, which led 1-0 and 2-0 by periods and had a 36 save performance from netminder Noah Pfab.
Drake Bosum had the Storm goal and goalie Mason Hillier blocked 20 shots.
