The West Kelowna Warriors (27-10-8-0) hit the ice in the final month of the regular season as they get set to host the Trail Smoke Eaters (21-17-6-0) on Friday night in the Warriors annual Faith Night game at Royal LePage Place.
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Breakdown:
West Kelowna:
Overall Record: 27-10-8-0 (2nd in Interior Conference – 3rd in BCHL)
Home Record: 14-4-4-0
Road Record: 13-6-4-0
Power Play: 31-for-140 (22.1% – 7th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 125-for-164 (76.2% – 13th in BCHL)
Trail:
Overall Record: 21-17-6-0 (5th in Interior Conference – 10th in BCHL)
Home Record: 13-6-3-0
Road Record: 8-11-3-0
Power Play: 32-for-152 (21.1% – 9th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 106-for-140 (75.7% – 14th in BCHL)
Season Series:
Saturday, September 23rd @ Cominco Arena (5-4 Warriors/OT) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, September 30th @ Royal LePage Place (5-3 Warriors) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, December 9th @ Royal LePage Place (6-3 Warriors) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, February 10th @ Cominco Arena (6-4 Smoke Eaters) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, March 1st @ Royal LePage Place (7:00 PM)
Friday, March 22nd @ Cominco Arena (7:00 PM)
Looking Back:
The Warriors enter play on home ice after a weekend on the Lower Mainland which concluded with a 3-2 overtime setback to the Coquitlam Express on Saturday night at the Poirier Sports & Leisure Complex. Cal Hughes and Jackson Kyrkostas each earned their 20th goals of the season while Rorke Applebee made 25 saves on 28 shots in his 5th overtime loss of the season.
Trail comes into action on Friday night following a 3-2 loss to the Penticton Vees on Sunday afternoon at Cominco Arena. Adam Parsons and Chase Stefanek each found the back of the net with power play goals in the defeat while Ryan Parker made 29 saves on 32 shots in his 5th loss of the season.
Warriors Leading Scorers:
Felix Caron (27-29-56)
Isaiah Norlin (11-34-45)
Michael Salandra (21-23-44)
Jack Pridham (17-21-38)
Johannes Løkkeberg (10-24-34)
Smoke Eaters Leading Scorers:
Mathieu Cobetto-Roy (23-22-45)
Ridge Dawson (18-11-29)
Chase Stefanek (11-18-29)
Adam Barone (7-21-28)
Adam Marshall (13-14-27)
Who’s Hot:
West Kelowna:
- Jackson Kyrkostas – Forward – West Palm Beach, Florida – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Becoming the fourth player on the Warriors roster this season to score 20 or more goals, Kyrkostas has found his goal scoring prowess once again. After going eight games without a goal, the RPI commit has scored in each of his last three games and earned points in four of his last five contests. The four 20+ goal scorers on the Warriors roster is the most of any team in the BCHL with eight teams having yet to possess a 20-goal scorer.
- Felix Caron – Forward – Terrebonne, Quebec – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
With 80 points in 81 career games, Caron has been a constant presence over his BCHL career when it comes to producing points and this season has been no different, entering play on the weekend ranked third in the league in points with 56 on the year and 2nd in the league in goals at 27. Caron has points in five of his last six games and points in three consecutive contests, scoring two goals and adding three assists for five points in that span.
Trail:
- Ridge Dawson – Forward – Kelowna, BC
Playing in his third season with over 100 career games amassed in Trail, Dawson provides scoring with plenty of sandpaper in his game and just had a four-game point streak snapped on Sunday against the Vees. The Kelowna, BC native scored four goals and added an assist for five points in that span. Dawson has had plenty of success against the Warriors this season as the forward has scored three goals and added an assist for four points in four games against West Kelowna including a pair of goals in the teams’ last meeting on February 10th.
- Chase Stefanek – Forward – Yorba Linda, California – Harvard University
The 17-year-old has produced solidly since returning to Trail from the holiday break, amassing 7 goals and 7 assists for 14 points in 16 games during that stretch that began on December 30th. A commit of Harvard University, Stefanek has points in five of his last six games, registering 4 goals and an assist in that span while scoring in four of those six contests.
The Warriors and Smoke Eaters meet for the fifth of their six meetings in the two teams season series with puck drop slated for 7:00 PM at Royal LePage Place. Tickets are available for purchase online at the Warriors website or at the Box Office, which opens one hour ahead of the opening face-off.
