Kootenay's finishes fifth with win over Okanagan

Kootenay takes fifth place with win over Okanagan

by Jeff Bromley

Cranbrook, BC – Zone 1 Kootenay got two goals by Aaron Hadley of Castlegar and hung on to win 5-4 over Zone 2 – Okanagan Saturday night in Men’s hockey at the BC Winter Games, good for fifth place.
Kootenay took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Bryan Hinchcliffe of Trail after one period. Cranbrook’s Brandon Bruce finished with a goal and an assist along with Tryg Strand which gave Kootenay a 5-1 lead after two periods but the Okanagan squad clawed their way back on the strength of goals by Brendan Persley of Kelowna, Brett Mulcahy of Kelowna, Colton Malmsten of Kelowna and Gage Buchanan with less than a minute left in the game to make it close.
James Greer of Nelson stopped 33 of 37 shots to get the win while Connor Barrie of Vernon stopped 20 of 25 shots to take the loss.