Saanich 3 Port Alberni 10
First star Bogdan Rogushkin’s hat trick propelled the Port Alberni Bombers to a 10-3 drubbing of the Saanich Predators in Saturday VIJHL action as 299 watched at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.
Saanich led 2-0 after the first and the teams were tied 3-3 heading into the third before the Bombers exploded with seven unanswered third period. Third star Domenico Tremblay with two goals and an assist, and singles from second star Kilian Alves Pereira, who added two assists, Ryan Christenson, Kolten Brown, Mason Smith and Ben Fortier rounded out the scoring for Port Alberni, and goalie Ethan Losier was called upon to stop 17 shots.
Zac Tomljenovic, Carter Davidson and Maxime Simard scored for the Predators, and goalie James Hallfinished with 32 saves.
Westshore 2 Comox Valley 1
Outstanding goaltending from Mathias Ramos-Gadbois, who made 38 stops and was named first star, enabled the Westshore Wolves to nip the Comox Valley Glacier Kings 2-1 at the Comox Valley Sports Centre.
Second star Trace Anderson in the first period and Noah Gebicki in the second accounted for the Westshore goals, with Comox Valley’s Owen Downey replying for the Glacier Kings in the final frame and earning third star honours.
Ander Reyes played another strong game, stopping 45 of 47 shots between the Westshore pipes.
Nanaimo 1 Oceanside 2 (OT)
Ryder Bradford’s unassisted power play goal at 1:53 of overtime gave the Oceanside Generals a 2-1 victory over the Nanaimo Buccaneers as 747 took in the action at Oceanside Place.
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Scoreless first and third periods sandwiched the first Oceanside goal by Braylon Becker and a Bucs tally by Colby Monette in the second period. Jacob Bate of the Generals was named first star and he had one assist.
Gens backstop Donato Padula continued his outstanding start to the season with 31 saves for the win, and Carter Puska blocked 29 pucks for the Bucs.
Campbell River 9 Kerry Park 4
The Campbell River Storm rained down the last five goals in a 9-4 decision over the Kerry Park Islanders in front of 137 spectators at Kerry Park Arena.
First star Ryder Tanner led the Storm scoring brigade with three goals and three assists, with others coming from Timofei Svetlakov and Carson Woolcott with two each, and singles from Mingi Jang and Jadon McNamee. Campbell River had three goals in each period and led 3-2 and 6-4 by frames, and received 25 saves from netminders Mason Hillier and Sawyer Wallin, who split the minutes.
Second star Lucas Lekakis, Reece Miyoshi, Nicholas Wade and Wade Enger scored for Kerry Park, and Dylan Hoskins had an assist and was named third star. Alex Doyer managed 37 saves for the Islanders.
