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Klimchuk scores four to spark Castlegar past Nelson Bantam Reps

The Nelson Daily Sports
By The Nelson Daily Sports
February 12th, 2013

Kadrian Klimchuk scored four times and added one assist to lead Castlegar to a convincing 7-3 victory over Nelson in game one of the West Kootenay Minor Hockey Bantam Rep playoffs Saturday at the NDCC Arena in Nelson.

Castlegar leads the first-team-to-four-points series 2-0 with game two Tuesday in the Sunflower City at 7 p.m. in the Arena Complex.

Leading 2-1 after one period, it was all Klimchuk as the skillful sniper converted the natural hat-trick to increase the Castlegar lead to 5-3 after 40 minutes.

Garrett Paterson, Kyle Chernenkoff and Shawn Campbell also scored for Castlegar.

Replying for Nelson was Amit Bhabra, Everett Hicks and Taylor Cooper.

Matthew Howes was in goal to register the win for Castlegar while Kurt Doyle took the loss for Nelson.

Nelson finished ahead of Castlegar in league standings.

If necessary, game three is scheduled for Nelson.

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