Peninsula 5 Saanich 3
Casey Raven fired two goals and the Peninsula Panthers never trailed while downing the Saanich Predators 5-3 in Wednesday night VIJHL play at George Pearkes Arena.
Denis Nechiporenko, Luke Christensen and Markus Nichols also tallied for the Panthers, who led 2-1 and 4-2 by periods and received 32 saves from netminder Quinn Badeau.
Replying for the Predators were Cole Davits, Maxime Simard and Matthew Anderson, and goalie Michael Roof had 29 stops in the contest.
Oceanside 1 Westshore 2
Westshore Wolves came out on top of a goaltenders battle where they edged the Oceanside Generals 2-1 at The Q Centre and moved their league-leading record to a perfect 10-0.
Second star Oskar Ponomarev stopped 40 of 41 shots to pick up the win, with first star Jasper Fellbaum in the second period and Samuel Wong with the eventual game winner in the third supplied the Wolves goals. The first period was scoreless.
Donato Padula blocked 48 shots and was named third star, with the Generals goal coming from Casey Rutland on a shorthanded effort.
