Novice Chinooks defeat Raymond Ice Crushers

Novice Chinooks face off against Raymond Ice Crushers
T. Lucas photos and video

Toni Lucas and Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice

Pincher Creek's Novice Chinooks hosted the Raymond Ice Crushers on Saturday afternoon, December 8.

The Ice Crushers had a great first period, scoring 4 goals compared to 2 for the Chinooks.  Ty Fraser scored 2 goals for the Ice Crushers and Jordana Fraser and Grady VandenHoek scored 1 apiece.  Riley Potts and Rhett Fitzpatrick scored the Pincher Creek goals.

The Chinooks really got it together in the second period, with a total of 7 goals.  Riley Potts scored two of those, earning himself a hat trick. Rhett Fitzpatrick scored twice to earn a hat trick of his own. The other Chinooks goals came from Maddix Dyck, Eric LeBlanc, and Drew Stuckey.  The Ice Crushers got three goals in the second period. Ty Fraser earned a hat trick after adding two of those to his goal in the first, and the other was scored by Rylan Roersma.  The score stood at 9-7 in the Chinooks' favor at the end of the second period.

Rylan Roersma scored twice for the Ice Crushers in the third period, to earn himself a hat trick.  Chinooks Riley Potts and Rhett Fitzpatrick added a goal each to their hat tricks and Mayz Vance scored the last Chinooks goal of the game.

Final score:  Novice Chinooks 12, Ice Crushers 9  

Novice Chinooks Assistant Coach Jay Potts Novice was happy with the team's effort.  "It was great, they played good, they passed, they came back and tried to stop shooters," he said.  "They played a really good game.  We pulled off four straight wins now, so we're above 500 now.  I like it."

"They all stand out, they all are doing their job.  Mayz Vance does a really good job on defence, same with Cory Dyck. They've all been playing their positions really well."