The Northern Capitals should no doubt take a glass half full approach when assessing their latest trip to Vernon.
The under-18-triple-a women’s hockey team settled for a split over the weekend against the Thompson-Okanagan Lakers from Kal-Tire Place, winning 2-1 in overtime on Saturday followed by a 4-2 defeat on Sunday.
After trailing for the better part of 55 minutes, Addy Ayre provided some last second theatrics for the Caps tying the score at one with star goalie Kezia Zamec on the bench for the extra-attacker.
Then in overtime, the Red Sea parted in front of the Lakers net leaving Stella Lovell all alone to bury the game winner past netminder Harper Stewart to seal the win.
Zamec made 29 saves in the win while Harper turned aside 34.
Sophie Collins scored in defeat for Thompson-Okanagan.
On day two of the double dip, the Lakers came out firing on all cylinders building up a heft 4-1 advantage after 40 minutes.
Collins and Kallico Mollin found the back of the net past Caps goalie Kenzie Bragg in the opening 20 minutes while Lily Krueger replied for the visitors.
In the second, Bailie Jones and Myah Regnier blew up the game for Thompson-Okanagan much to the delight of the Kal-Tire Place home crowd.
Grace Porter made the score line a little bit closer for the Caps with a late third period goal.
The Caps outshot the Lakers 17-4 in the third period and held the overall advantage by a 35-32 margin.
Madison Guido made 33 saves in the win for the Lakers.
The Capitals are 6-6-0-0 in the season, fourth in the five-team league. Next action is November 21st and 22nd when they welcome the Greater Vancouver Comets to Kin 2.
Puck drop is at 5:45pm and 9am.
In under-17 male action, the Cariboo Cougars split a pair of outings against the Vancouver Island Royals at the BC Elite Hockey League Showcase.
On Saturday, Brett de Gans led the way with a hat-trick performance in an 8-3 victory from the Canlan Ice Sports Arena in Langley.
Warner Callender, Garrett Harrop, Ryland Lemp, Kale King and Madden Weldon all added singles for Cariboo.
The Cougars held leads of 2-1 and 5-1 at the end of the first two periods.
Boxi Zheng (2) and Sawyer Clermont lit the lamp in the loss for the Royals.
Jayden Avery made 18 saves in the win.
Sunday’s rematch saw the Royals storm back with three third period goals, escaping with a 4-3 win.
Zheng, Hayden Dennis, and Clermont completed the comeback for Vancouver Island.
Cariboo held a 2-1 lead after the first period courtesy of Harrop and Nigel Nitschke finding the back of the net on Royals goalie Ryker McLain.
The game got a little messy in the second period as Trysten Schmidt and Brycen Frank of the Cougars each received five-minute majors for fighting and game misconducts as did Jackson Cawsey and Colton Scott of the Royals.
Scott also received a penalty for leaving the bench to join the altercation.
Grice made 25 saves in defeat while McLain turned aside 45 Cariboo shots.
Cariboo remains first in the nine-team league with a record of 9-3-2-0, one point up on the Vancouver Northwest Hawks and Greater Vancouver Canadians.
The U17’s are back in action November 14th and 15th against GVC from the Richmond Olympic Oval.
In addition, the U18 Cariboo Cougars had a bye-week and are back in action this weekend when they host the Vancouver NE Chiefs from Kin 1.
Puck drop is at 145pm on Saturday and 8:30am on Sunday.
Cariboo is third in the seven-team league with a record of 8-2-1-1, trailing the Okanagan Rockets by two points with two games in hand.
Lastly, the under-15 Cariboo Cougars are in Burnaby this weekend to take on the Vancouver NE Chiefs from the Scotia Barn.
Puck drop is at 3:30pm on Saturday and 10:45am on Sunday. Cariboo is second at 8-5-1-0 while the Chiefs sit fifth at 6-2-0-1 but have played five fewer games.
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