VIJHL Game Summary 5.12.24
Victoria 5 Nanaimo 2
Victoria Cougars opened up a 3-0 lead and coasted to a 5-2 win over the host Nanaimo Buccaneers in Thursday night VIJHL play in front of 160 fans at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
Griffin Webb, Mathieu Sauve, third star Jussi Saarni, Kelton Schinde and Joseph Melichar scored for Victoria (11-11-5), which led 2-0 and 4-1 by periods and had netminder Jesse Pye finish with 16 saves. First star of the contest was Luke Reinhart.
Porter Muxlow had two goals and was named second star of the game for Nanaimo (11-12-1), who had Darian Feser and Tristin Stephens share goaltending duties and combine for 25 saves.