VIJHL Game Summary 20.12.24
Oceanside 0 Campbell River 3
First star Dominic Grieco scored the eventual game winner in the first period and third star Kaeden Serpa blocked all 24 shots he faced to give the Campbell River Storm a 34-0 shutout of the visiting Oceanside Generals before 712 fans at Rod Brind’Amour Arena.
Jacob Kulas and Jan-Felix Faupel into an empty net in the third period were the other scorers for first place Campbell River (21-6-4) and Dreyton Howard was named second star.
Oceanside (5-21-3) netminder Josh Nuttall was outstanding in stopping 45 of 47 shots in the Generals net.
Nanaimo 4 Lake Cowichan 5
First star Drury Lamb tied the game for Lake Cowichan in the third period and Hayden Bilajbegovic scored the winner to allow the Kraken to edge the Nanaimo Buccaneers 5-4 at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena.
The clubs were tied 2-2 after the first and second period, and the Kraken had their goals come from third star Luke Bennett, Brady Croft and Benjamin Bertrand. Hayden Lovell stopped 26 shots for the win for Lake Cowichan, now 11-18-2-1 for 25 points, one back of fourth-place Nanaimo (12-16-1-1).
Marcus Dumas, Luke Jimenez, Cowyn Loney and Porter Williamson scored for Nanaimo, with goalie Darian Feser earning second star honours with a 28 save effort.
Peninsula 9 Westshore 4
First star Lukas Preweda had three goals and second star Brendan Williams added two goals and two assists to lead the Peninsula Panthers to a 9-4 victory over the Westshore Wolves at Juan de Fuca Arena.
Peninsula (24-2-2), which tops the league and South Division with 50 points, led 3-1 and 6-1 by periods and had their other markers come from Alex Sajan, Ethan Hoffman, Joe Marranzino and Carter Stamp-Vincent. Merik Grinaker stopped 22 pucks in the Panthers net.
Third star Kansys Seney scored twice and Noah Gebicki and Liam Donovan once each for Westshore, second in the South with 45 points on a 20-5-4-1 record. Dryden Demelo and James Hall combined to make 32 saves for the Wolves.
Port Alberni 0 Comox Valley 2
First star Quintus Mah and Jaxen Davison scored in the third period and second star Aaron Pichette stopped all 30 shots he faced to give the host Comox Valley Glacier Kings a 2-0 shutout of the Port Alberni Bombers at the Comox Valley Sports Centre.
Landen May was named the third star for Comox Valley (13-16-3), while Evan Grant stopped 23 shots for Port Alberni (18-9-4).
Victoria 2 Saanich 2
Game suspended due to injury.