A weekend at Sun Peaks resulted in a split for the under-18 Cariboo Cougars.
Nicholas Gordon’s two-goal performance on Saturday propelled the Cougars to a 4-0 shutout victory against the Thompson Blazers.
Miller Tedesco and Conner Feeney added first and third period goals while Ivan Anderson collected a shutout in between the pipes.
Sunday’s rematch saw the Blazers jump out to 3-0 lead, enroute to a 4-2 win against Cariboo.
Lindon Dellemen lit the lamp twice for Thompson while Alex Von Hollen and Carter Froom picked up the other markers.
Tedesco and Ty Maloney scored in defeat for Cariboo (16-9-2-1). Oscar Hicik took the loss in net.
The Blazers improved to 14-13-0-1, six points back of the Cougars for third place in the seven-team league.
It was another tough weekend for the Northern Capitals female under-18 squad dropping a pair of road outings to the Thompson-Okanagan Lakers in Vernon.
Maicey Hawes, Kaia Fletcher, Taylor Seirhuis, Orian Laventure and Sophie Collins all found the back of the net for the Lakers in a 5-2 victory on Saturday.
Lucy Lafontaine and Nicole Bateman lit the lamp in defeat for the Capitals.
On Sunday, Kiran Keller’s goal at the 14:45 mark of the third period turned out to be the difference maker in a hard-fought 3-2 win at Kal Tire Place against the Caps.
After a scoreless first, a four-goal second period set the stage for an interesting finish.
Lafontaine and Paige Umbach found the back of the net for the Capitals while Madison Millership and Taylor Riley replied for the Lakers.
The heated contest also saw a fight at the 10:16 mark of the second period involving Alliesha King (Capitals) and Emilia Lukinchuk (Thompson-Okanagan).
The Capitals dropped to 8-16-1-1 in the season, fourth in the five-team league.
In under-17 action, the Cariboo Cougars split a pair in Langley against the Valley West Giants.
Taryn Willis opened the scoring for the Cougars while Rhys Barnes and Cooper Kursteiner lit the lamp in the middle frame, giving the visitors a 3-0 lead after two periods.
Elijah Mahabub scored in defeat for Valley West.
The Giants turned the tables on the Cougars on Sunday skating to a 4-1 win.
Mahabub, Graham Wendel, Cole Otten and Shay Peters led the offense, which struck three times on the power-play.
Kursteiner replied for Cariboo.
The Cougars (21-9-0-1) are first in the nine-team league, two points up on the Vancouver Northwest Hawks (19-7-3-0) – the Hawks have two games in hand.
Lastly, the under-15 Cariboo Cougars dropped their final two home games of the regular season over the weekend in Kin 1 to the top-ranked Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
The T-Birds skated to a 3-2 victory on Saturday, followed by an 8-6 triumph on Sunday.
Boston Erler lit the lamp twice for Fraser Valley while Owen Hungar notched the game-winner in Saturday’s tilt while Taylor McKay and Trysten Schmidt replied for Cariboo.
Sunday’s rematch saw Fraser Valley score five-times in the third period to unlock a 3-3 tie at the end of 40 minutes.
Kaleb Hopfner potted a pair of markers for the Thunderbirds while Aaron McCann, Benjamin Edvinsson, Nathan Evans, Erler, Hungar and Noam Kellyn Carignan scored once each.
Warner Callander notched a hat-trick and an assist in the loss while Madden Weldon scored the game’s opening goal 27 seconds into the contest.
Fraser Valley has a league-best 22-2-2-0 while Cariboo sits fifth with a .500 record of 12-12-0-0.
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