Port Alberni 3 Comox Valley 2
First star Ivan Ponomarev opened the scoring in the first period and added an assist on Marton Loschnig’s third period winner to lead the Port Alberni Bombers to a 3-2 decision over the Comox Valley Glacier Kings in front of 222 fans in Saturday night VIJHL play at the Comox Valley Sports.
Kyle Mori had the other goal for the Bombers, which led 1-0 and 2-1 by periods and received 30 saves from netminder Ethan Losier.
Trevor Swanson and Collin Lee had the Glacier Kings tallies, and second star goalie Ander Reyes finished with 41 saves, while third star Kilian Alves Pereira had one assist.
Kerry Park 3 Oceanside 4 (OT)
Daxx Melenka’s second goal of the game helped the Oceanside Generals take a 4-3 overtime decision over the Kerry Park Islanders as 362 spectators took in the action at Oceanside Place.
Second star Schafer Gibbs and Luke Day had the other goals for the Generals, which marched back from a 3-0 deficit as Kerry Park led 2-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third stanza. Goalie Donato Padula earned the win with 24 saves.
Third star Lucas Lekakis had two goals and Bryn Studney-Amos one for the Islanders, backstopped by a 39 save effort from netminder Alex Doyer.
Peninsula 4 Campbell River 2
A pair of third period goals, including the eventual winner from first star Carsen Somers, enabled the Peninsula Panthers to double the hometown Campbell River Storm 4-2 at Rod Brind’Amour Arena.
Lukas Preweda, Brenden Reeve and Casey Raven also scored for Peninsula, which trailed 2-1 after the first period and entered the third in a 2-2 tie. Wyatt Martel added a pair of assists and picked up second star honours, and Nicholas Smelser had 15 stops between the Panthers posts.
Owen Kwok and Koen Gauthier were the Storm scorers, and Ethan Hill added an assist and was named third star. Mason Hillier finished with 20 saves for the Storm.
