Chiefs sweep Kootenay Ice in weekend BCMMHL action
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Home ice didn’t pay off this weekend for the Kootenay Ice in BC Major Midget League action in the West Kootenay.
The Vancouver Northeast Chiefs skated away with a pair of one-side wins Saturday in Nelson and Sunday morning in Trail.
The Chiefs, third overall in BCMMHL standings with a 15-7-2 record, out scored the Ice 16-4 in the two-game series.
Vancouver dumped Kootenay 9-1 Saturday at the NDCC Arena in Nelson before rallying from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Ice 7-3 Sunday at the Cominco Arena in Trail.
Kyle Johnson scored three times for the Chiefs in the opener while Parker Colley had four assists.
Blake Sidoni of Trail scored the lone goal for the Ice, which trailed at the period breaks 3-0 and 7-0.
Sunday, Kootenay led 1-0 after one period on a goal by Aigne McGready-Bruce of Nelson.
Kootenay then scored twice early in the second period.
Sidoni, with his second in two games, and Matthew Alderson of Trail put Kootenay up by three goals five minutes into the middle frame.
But the Chiefs rallied to score four times in the final 11 minutes of the period before putting the game away with three goals in the third period.
Devon Stafford scored three times to lead the Chiefs.
Solomon Burk of Castlegar and Jason Mailhiot of Trail tended goal for the Ice.
Kootenay, dropping to 3-18-3 on the season, hosts cellar–dwelling Thompson Blazers Saturday (5:45 p.m.) and Sunday (9:45 a.m.) at the NDCC Arena.
The Blazers enter the game with one win in 22 games.
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