VIJHL Game Summary 29.09.24
Victoria 0 Nanaimo 2
First star Darian Feser kicked out all 32 shots he faced to record his second shutout of the season to lead the Nanaimo Buccaneers to a 2-0 blanking of the Victoria Cougars in the lone VIJHL game Sunday before 160 fans at Archie Browning Arena.
The teams were scoreless after both the first and second periods in a goaltending battle, as second star Jesse Pye made 22 stops in the Cougars cage, yielding only third star Zack Mongeon’s goal with 1:24 left in the third period, which turned out to be the winner. Kenneth Boychuk scored into an empty net with 19 seconds left to seal the win for Nanaimo, which moved to 5-2 on the year, when last season, they won only one game.