Kerry Park 0 Saanich 5
First star goalie James Hall stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Saanich Predators blanked the Kerry Park Islanders 5-0 in Friday night VIJHL action watched by 105 spectators at George Pearkes Arena.
Saanich led 2-0 and 5-0 by periods, and had goals from Kaydin Halladay (plus two assists), third star Tavery Lavender (one assist), Declan McNaul, Teegan Gardner and Maxime Simard.
Lukas Steinhubl and Leon Auburger combined to block 36 shots in the Islanders net.
Oceanside 2 Nanaimo 6
First star Rhys Wilcox and second star Owen Hyde each fired two goals to lead the Nanaimo Buccaneers to a 6-2 decision over the Oceanside Generals In front of 290 fans at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
Nanaimo led 1-0 and 4-1 by periods and also had two goals from Drew Stinka, while Lou Batista Buhler stopped 33 pucks in the Bucs net to earn the win.
Third star Daxx Melenka had both Generals goals, and netminder Kyle Johnson stopped 21 shots on the night.
Port Alberni 2 Campbell River 3 (OT)
Third star Aidan Yu‘s goal at 2:30 of overtime gave the Campbell River Storm a 3-2 victory over the Port Alberni Bombers in the Storm home opener with 918 in attendance at Rod Brind’Amour Arena.
Xavier Hahn stopped 38 shots for the Bombers and was named first star in the goaltending duel, with Campbell River goalie Mason Hillier earning second star honours with 31 saves.
Ethan Hill and Mingi Jang had the other goals for Campbell River, which led 1-0 after the first period. Ivan Ponomarev in the second period and Ryan Christenson in the third tallied for Port Alberni.
Comox Valley 7 Peninsula 1
A 40 save performance by first star Ander Reyes and two goals each from second star Tegan Clayton and third star Collin Lee enabled the Comox Valley Glacier Kings to skate away with a 7-2 win over the Peninsula Panthers at Panorama Recreation Centre as 184 people took in the contest.
Comox Valley led 1-0 and 5-1 by periods and their other markers came from Elias Haukeness, Cruze Kopeck and Dexter Jung.
Markus Nichols had the lone Panthers goal in the last minute of the game, and goalies Colton Pyle andEliott Horner teamed up to make 18 stops.
