The Northern Capitals had October 31st, and November 1st circled on the calendar to exact some revenge.
And they accomplished exactly that in Port Alberni.
After getting swept by the Vancouver Island Seals during its home opening weekend, the under-18-female-aaa hockey club returned the favour in BC Elite Hockey League action securing 1-0 and 4-2 victories.
On Saturday, a defensive struggle saw its first and only goal at 13:09 of the second period as Addy Ayre buried a shot past Seals netminder Nyah Brown.
The second half of the doubleheader saw a little more twists and turns. A trio of third period goals from Taylor Rogina, Sofie Passeri and Claire Pederson sealed the weekend sweep against Vancouver Island.
Chantelle Hendricks also lit the lamp in a losing cause for VI.
After a scoreless first period, both teams traded goals in the middle frame as Kalleigh Stancati (Capitals) and Maybel McDonald (Seals) lit the lamp for their respective teams.
Kenzie Bragg and Kezia Zamec each picked up a win in net for the Capitals, who improved to 5-5-0-0 on the season. The Seals drop to 3-10-1-1.
The Capitals are back on the road this weekend with a pair of games at Kal Tire Place in Vernon against the Thompson-Okanagan Lakers (6-5-2-0).
Puck drop is 1:30pm on Saturday and 12:15pm on Sunday.
In under-15 action, the Cariboo Cougars took a bite out of the Greater Vancouver Canadians.
A three-goal explosion in the first period paced Cariboo to a 5-1 win Saturday night from Kin 1 as Max Pellegrino, Hudson Pearce and Gauge Pineau found the back of the net on Canadians goalie Rhys Williams.
Jaxon Pankhurst made it 4-0 Cougars, spelling the end of the night for Williams, who was spelled off for Dylan Ning.
Alex Achtemichuk padded the offensive stats for Cariboo with a power-play marker, further putting the game out of reach.
Callum Medd spoiled the shutout bid for Cougars goalie Quinn Hooper at 7:06 of the second period.
Hooper made 34 saves in the victory.
On Sunday, Cariboo outlasted GVC by a 5-3 score.
Like the first game, the Cougars pounced on another slow start from the visitors building up a 3-0 edge courtesy of a pair of goals from Max Pellegrino followed by another from Lane Powell.
However, GVC woke up to make a game of it late in the middle period striking twice in 14 seconds on Cougars goalie Jacob Whitwell.
Misha Shmitsman and Yugo Imoto pulled the Canadians within one after 40 minutes.
Powell and Rowland salted the game away in the third with a pair of markers past Ning while Shmitsman tallied his second of the contest for the Canadians.
Shmitsman also received a five-minute major for boarding on Cariboo forward Desmond Croy.
Croy also received a double-minor for head contact after locking horns with another GVC player after the fact.
The U15’s sit second in the nine-team league with a mark of 8-5-2.
Cariboo is off this weekend and returns to action in Burnaby with a double header against the Vancouver NE Chiefs November 14th and 15th from the Scotia Barn.
Game times are 3:30pm and 10:45am.
The under-18-triple-a Cougars attended the Rink Hockey Academy Classic in Vernon and went 2-3 in the process.
Cariboo is off this weekend and will host the VNE Chiefs November 14th and 15th at 1:45pm and 8:30am from Kin 1.
The Cougars are 8-2-1-1 tied for top spot in the seven-team league.
Lastly, the under-17 Cariboo Cougars return to action this weekend with a neutral-site double header against the Vancouver Island Royals.
Games are Saturday and Sunday from the Langley Twin Rinks at 1:30pm and 8:15am.
Cariboo is first in the nine-team league with a mark of 8-2-2-0, two points ahead of the Vancouver NE Chiefs and Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
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