BCMML Week 10 – Cariboo open lead at top

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November 28, 2016

Cougars 2 W + Rockets 2 L = 4 point lead

There were some subtle but meaningful changes in the BC Major Midget League standings last weekend.

The league leading Cariboo Cougars gained three points on second place Okanagan Rockets, who have been on hot on their heels all season.

The gains came as the Cougars won both their games vs the Vancouver  North West Giants, and the Rockets dropped both of theirs to the Thompson Blazers.

The two Blazer wins doubled their season points total, and have to be considered the biggest weekend upset of the season so far.

The Vancouver North East Chiefs also made a move up the standings with two lop-sided wins over the North Island Silvertips. The four points edged the Chiefs into third place, a point ahead of the VW Hawks, who were idle.

GVC and Fraser Valley Thunderbirds faced off in a battle for fifth place, and GVC managed to stay in front, but barely. After losing 4-1 in the opener in Richmond, the Canadians got one point Sunday in a 3-3 tie in Abbotsford.

With their two losses to the number 1 Cougars, the NW Giants were unable to make any gains in the standings and remain in seventh spot.

The Ice managed a split vs the South Island Royals to remain in the 8 spot, now three points back of the NW Giants.

The two wins vs OK, moved the Blazers from the basement to ninth, a point up on the South Island Royals and two up on the North Island Silvertips.

Scoring Race – Leyh now tied with Kindree 

The North East Chiefs Eathan Leyh had a big weekend in the Chiefs 7-1 and 9-1 wins over the Silvertips. He started with one point in game one, and six in game two, with a hat-trick and three assists.

The seven points moved Leyh into a tie for first with Liam Kindree of the Vancouver NW Giants who was held to one assist in game two. Both players have 31 points.

OK Rockets’ Coleton Bilodeau remains tied with GVC’s Chris Douglas tied in third two back of the leaders. OK Rockets Max Kryski holds down the fifth spot, a point up on Greater Vancouver Canadians Scott Atkinson and Valley West’s Tyler Ho (idle).

Scroll down to see Top 40.

One Goalie Still Unbeaten – a lot of stellar stoppers

Cariboo Cougars’ Marcus Allen remains undefeated, at 8-0-1; while teammate Zach Wickson is the only one left with just a single loss so far, 8-1-0.

Kolby Matthews of the NE Chiefs and Owen Patrick of the OK Rockets still have only two losses. Matthews holds down top spot with most wins, at 9 in 12 starts.

Wickson has the lowest GAA, a wicked 1.14 over 10 games.

Scroll down for complete goalies stats.

 

Summary of weekend scores
Greater Vancouver Canadians vs. Fraser Valley Thunderbirds
Game 1: Fraser Valley 4, Greater Vancouver 1
T-birds’ Brodi Stuart opened the scoring just past the midway point of the first only to see Greater Vancouver’s Henry Rybinski even it up seven seconds later.
Not to be outdone, FV’s Baxter Anderson answered 27 seconds later to give the T-Birds a 2-1 leading going into the second.
Carter Graham and Jonathan Rees added two more in the second to close it out the win, 4-1. Boston Bilous got the win for the T-birds.
Game 2: Fraser Valley 3, Greater Vancouver 3
In Game 2, the Canadians jumped to a 2-0 lead early in the first on goals from Sasha Mutala and Scott Atkinson, but Fraser Valley’s Jake Mulder and Justin Plett responded late in the period to tie it up 2-2.
There was no scoring in the second until Greater Vancouver’s Chris Douglas scored with 1:01 left to give his team the 3-2 lead at 40.
But it wouldn’t hold – as Liam Visram evened it at 3-3 about midway through the third.
Five minutes of OT solved nothing. Boston Bilous and Lukas Shaw battled it out it nets.
Vancouver NE Chiefs vs. North Island Silvertips
Game 1: Vancouver NE 7, North Island 1
The Chiefs got the chance to work on their offense this weekend, tallying 16 goals against the Silvertips.
In Game 1, Logan Bromhead, Liam Evenson, Sho Takai, Christian Buono, Liam Ryan, Jonny Sheardown, and Emmett Garrett found the back of the net.
Keaton Mastrodonato scored for the Tips.
Game 2: Vancouver NE 9, North Island 1
In Game 2, Ethan Leyh tallied a hat trick and three assists while Haydn Delorme (2), Jessie Young (2), Takai, and Buono also tickled the twine.
Jared Winkel got the Tips marker.
Cariboo Cougars vs. Vancouver NW Giants
The Cougars hosted the Giants for both games and swept in a couple of closely contested games.
Game 1: Cariboo 3, Vancouver NW 2
Hudson Schandor opened the scoring for the Giants just two minutes into the game. Ten minutes later Cariboo’s Jesse Pomeroy responded on a power to tie it up at the break.
A little over a minute into the second frame, Dom Davis gave the Giants their second lead, which held til midway through the third when Cariboo’s Trey Thomas tied things up. Zach Bolton got assists on both Giants goals.
Darian Long clinched the Cariboo win with a goal about midway through the five minute OT.  Zach Wickson got the W, Jesse Makaj, the L.
Game 2: Cariboo 6, Vancouver NW 4
In Game 2, Cariboo’s Devin Sutton scored less than a minute into the game before Giants D-man Mackenzie Gray responded on the power play just four minutes later.
The Cougars’ Jeremy Gervais scored even strength with 3:50 left in the first period to make it 2-1.
In the second frame, Cariboo’s Mason Richey and Giant’s Logan Doast exchanged powerplay goals to make it 3-2 lead heading into the final frame.
But it would be all Cariboo for most of the third, before the Giants rallied late to make it interesting. Trey Thomas, Jarin Sutton, and Krane scored three straight even strength unanswered goals to put the Cougars up 6-2 with just over five minutes to go.
The Giants battled back, on quick goals from Zach Bolton (PP) and d-man Trevor Longo (ES) at 4:34 and 4:03 left, to end it 6-4. Marcus Allen got the win, while Donovan Buskey took the loss.
South Island Royals vs. Kootenay Ice
Game 1: South Island 3, Kootenay 0
The Royals scored a 3-0 win over the Ice in Game 1 thanks to the efforts of Luke Sheldrake, who earned a shutout in net. Evan Easton, Ryan Strange, and Alexander Benger each scored in the win.
Game 2: Kootenay 5, South Island 4
In Game 2, the Ice responded, opening the scoring with a goal from Aiden Jenner. The Royals scored early in the second to tie things up (Easton). Ethan Jang scored a hat trick in the second period, with an interruption from Hunter Gruben of the Royals.
South Island tied the game thanks to a pair of third period goals from Brendan Martin, but Kootenay eventually prevailed in OT with a game-winning goal from Christian Macasso.
Okanagan Rockets vs. Thompson Blazers
Thompson surprised the Rockets over the weekend, stealing two consecutive games in the home-and-home series.
Game 1: Thompson 5, Okanagan 4
In Game 1, Evan Vinterlik and Luke Recchi opened the scoring to give the Blazers a 2-0 lead after the first period.
Jeffrey Karpowich put the Rockets on the board at 9:23 in the second, but Carter Eschyschyn regained the Blazers’ two goal lead with a goal at 5:07.
Wyatt Head scored with just over two minutes to go to make  3-2  Dylan Prpich scored in the third period but the Blazers held them off with goals from Trent Thompson and Matthew Facchinelli to get the win.
Game 2: Thompson 5, Okanagan 3

In Game 2, Karpowich, Prpich, and Wyatt Head scored for the Rockets, but it wasn’t enough as Vinterlik, Recchi, Eschyschyn, Thompson, and Facchinelli found the back of the net to get another win for the Blazers.

Current Standings – Week 10
Name GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM PIM/G
Cariboo Cougars 18 16 1 1 0 33 83 29 448 24
OK Rockets 18 14 3 0 1 29 84 55 244 13
NE Chiefs 18 12 4 0 2 26 88 44 243 13
VW Hawks 18 10 5 1 2 23 70 48 370 20
GVC 20 10 7 2 1 23 81 63 313 15
FV T-Birds 18 9 5 3 1 22 59 37 244 13
NW Giants 18 8 7 2 1 19 75 66 219 12
Kootenay Ice 18 7 11 0 0 14 52 81 222 12
Blazers 18 4 14 0 0 8 32 88 455 25
SI Royals 18 2 13 1 2 7 38 95 331 18
NI Silvertips 18 3 15 0 0 6 38 94 270 15

Week 9

Team GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM PIM/G
Cariboo Cougars 16 14 1 1 0 29 74 23 408 25
OK Rockets 16 14 2 0 0 28 77 45 206 12
VW Hawks 18 10 5 1 2 23 70 48 336 18
NE Chiefs 16 10 4 0 2 22 72 42 196 12
GVC 18 10 6 1 1 22 77 56 293 16
FV T-Birds 16 8 5 2 1 19 52 33 228 14
NW Giants 16 8 6 2 0 18 69 57 191 11
Kootenay Ice 16 6 10 0 0 12 47 74 102 6
NI Silvertips 16 3 13 0 0 6 36 78 258 16
SI Royals 16 1 13 1 1 4 31 90 309 19
Blazers 16 2 14 0 0 4 22 81 430 26

Week 8:

Team GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM PIM/G
Cariboo Cougars 14 12 1 1 0 25 66 21 358 25
OK Rockets 14 12 2 0 0 24 66 41 176 12
GVC 16 10 4 1 1 22 75 48 271 16
NE Chiefs 14 9 3 0 2 20 64 35 196 14
FV T-birds 16 8 5 2 1 19 52 33 228 14
VW Hawks 16 8 5 1 2 19 60 44 312 19
NW Giants 14 6 6 2 0 14 58 52 171 12
Kootenay Ice 14 5 9 0 0 10 40 66 102 7
NI Silvertips 14 3 11 0 0 6 32 68 240 17
Blazers 14 2 12 0 0 4 17 70 386 27
SI Royals 14 1 11 1 1 4 27 79 293 20

Week 7:

Name GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM Pim/G
Cariboo Cougars 12 11 1 0 0 22 62 18 324 27
OK Rockets 12 11 1 0 0 22 60 33 148 12
FV T-birds 14 8 4 1 1 18 49 29 210 15
GVC 14 8 4 1 1 18 63 45 216 15
NE Chiefs 12 8 3 0 1 17 56 29 178 14
VW Hawks 14 7 4 1 2 17 53 39 312 22
NW Giants 12 5 6 1 0 11 42 48 159 13
Kootenay Ice 12 4 8 0 0 8 35 59 98 8
NI Silvertips 14 3 11 0 0 6 32 68 240 17
Blazers 12 2 10 0 0 4 14 58 321 26
SI Royals 12 1 10 0 1 3 23 63 271 22

 

 

Scoring Leaders, Week 10.

Top 20:

# Name Team Pos GP G A Pts PIM
17 Kindree, Liam NW Giants F 18 16 15 31 24
14 Leyh, Ethan NE Chiefs F 14 16 15 31 8
19 Bilodeau, Coleton OK Rockets F 18 12 17 29 36
15 Douglas, Chris GVC F 20 11 18 29 16
22 Kryski, Max OKRockets F 18 12 16 28 16
9 Atkinson, Scott GVC F 18 14 13 27 54
19 Ho, Tyler VW Hawks F 18 9 18 27 14
17 Mutala, Sasha GVC F 19 9 17 26 8
23 Kelly, Nathan GVC D 20 1 24 25 18
21 Delorme, Haydn NE Chiefs F 14 13 10 23 12
22 Gurney, Justyn VW Hawks F 15 8 15 23 57
16 Rybinski, Henry GVC F 19 6 17 23 20
2 Gill, Kabir VW Hawks D 16 9 13 22 12
18 Prpich, Dylan OK Rockets F 18 8 14 22 28
19 Dubois, Daine Cariboo Cougars F 18 7 15 22 12
8 Barton, Seth OK Rockets D 16 6 16 22 14
23 Graham, Jack NW Giants F 18 4 17 21 16
17 Zummack, Eli OK Rockets F 10 6 14 20 6
8 Araki-Young, Michael GVC F 20 5 15 20 10
14 Richey, Mason Cariboo Cougars F 18 12 7 19 4

Top 40:

# Name Team Pos GP G A Pts PIM
8 Mastrodonato, Keaton NI Silvertips F 16 10 9 19 20
12 Evenson, Liam NE Chiefs F 16 5 14 19 14
12 Bassi, Rayman OK Rockets F 18 8 10 18 10
19 Schandor, Hudson NW Giants F 18 7 11 18 14
7 Head, Wyatt OK Rockets D 16 6 12 18 12
5 Bromhead, Logan NE Chiefs F 18 9 8 17 18
19 Jang, Ethan Kootenay Ice F 17 9 8 17 30
12 Krogfoss, Nolan VW Hawks F 18 8 9 17 2
21 Rees, Jonathan FV T-birds F 18 6 11 17 16
19 Buono, Christian NE Chiefs F 18 7 9 16 28
16 Gervais, Jeremy Cougars D 15 5 11 16 62
17 Bains, Arshdeep NE Chiefs F 18 4 12 16 6
10 Takai, Sho NE Chiefs F 11 9 6 15 16
10 Doust, Logan NW Giants F 14 8 7 15 8
15 Stuart, Brodi FV T-birds F 14 7 8 15 18
17 Sutton, Devin Cariboo Cougars F 17 7 8 15 28
23 Anderson, Baxter FV T-birds F 18 7 8 15 12
4 Longo, Trevor NW Giants D 18 4 11 15 20
7 MacDonald, Ian NE Chiefs D 18 1 14 15 10
23 Floris, Hunter Cougars F 18 8 6 14 2

 

Goalies, Week 10.

BC Hockey stats for goalies are ranked on most wins, then GAA.

# Name Team GP W L T Avg
35 Kolby Matthews Vancouver NE Chiefs 12 9 2 0 2.12
35 Zach Wickson Cariboo Cougars 10 8 1 0 1.14
1 Marcus Allen Cariboo Cougars 10 8 0 1 2.01
1 Owen Patrick Okanagan Rockets 11 8 2 0 2.89
1 Jaysen MacLean Kootenay Ice 13 6 6 0 3.92
35 Boston Bilous Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 9 5 2 2 1.73
1 Lukas Shaw Greater Vancouver Canadians 11 5 3 2 2.66
35 Nikolas Bregeda Okanagan Rockets 9 5 2 0 3.12
35 Nic Hoem Greater Vancouver Canadians 10 5 5 0 3.50
1 Chad Cromar Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 9 4 4 1 1.99
35 Reece Klassen Valley West Hawks 9 4 3 1 2.06
1 Jesse Makaj Vancouver NW Giants 8 4 3 1 2.83
1 Dorrin Luding Valley West Hawks 9 4 4 0 2.93
35 Donovan Buskey Vancouver NW Giants 10 4 5 1 3.89
1 Jonathan Holloway Vancouver NE Chiefs 7 3 4 0 2.86
1 Spencer Deakin North Island Silvertips 10 2 7 0 4.70
1 Ethan Langenegger Thompson Blazers 10 2 6 0 5.38
35 Max Palaga Thompson Blazers 11 1 8 0 4.18
35 Luke Sheldrake South Island Royals 8 1 5 1 4.64
35 James Brendeland North Island Silvertips 11 1 8 0 4.77
35 Jake Kemp Kootenay Ice 9 1 4 0 5.07
1 Connor Cheyne South Island Royals 13 1 10 0 5.86