Photo Credit: Damon James
September 27th, 2019
PENTICTON, B.C. – The West Kelowna Warriors kick off the home and home with the Penticton Vees with a 3-0 loss Friday night.
The Warriors needed a quick start to the game but the Vees had other plans striking first blood. It was a quick shot from Vincent Nardone on the left side that beat Brock Baier that made it 1-0. The Warriors would go on the powerplay and get 4 shots on the man advantage but couldn’t cash in past Vees goaltender Yaniv Perets. Shots after one, 8-8.
The Vees would continue to cycle play in the Warriors zone in the second period also drawing 3 Warriors penalties – One the Vees capitalized on. After the Warriors were able to survive the first minute and a half of the Vees power play the Vees second unit would go to work and after a failed clearing Liam Malquist would find Jackson Niedermayer who would score his 2nd of the season extending the lead to 2-0. The Vees would add one late with a quick shot towards the net from Alex DiPaolo that got batted out of mid air beating Brock Baier to make it 3-0 Vees heading into the third.
The Warriors would have a couple quality scoring attempts in the third but couldn’t beat Vees goaltender Yaniv Perets who would pick up the 21 save shutout.
Final shots: 30-21 in favor of the Vees.
Three Stars:
- PEN Yaniv Perets (21 Saves)
- PEN Liam Malmquist (2A)
- PEN Jackson Niedermayer (1G)
Fortis Energy Player of the Game:
PEN F David Silye
The Warriors next game is Saturday September 28th versus the Penticton Vees Puck drop 6:00pm from Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna. This game will be streamed on Hockey TV and will be broadcast on the Warriors radio network on Mixlr. Tickets are available online at tickets.westkelownawarriors.ca.
