Photo: #21 Tyson Jugnauth joined elite company tying Justin Schultz for 2nd most points by a Warriors defenseman in a single season.
Photo Credit: Tami Quan Photography
March 25th, 2022
WEST KELOWNA B.C. – The West Kelowna Warriors win their 10th straight game by a score of 7-2 over the Merritt Centennials to close the regular season.
The game started out hot for the Warriors with Captain Elan Bar Lev Wise opening the scoring with his 22nd of the year to make it 1-0. The Cents would answer back with Connor Farren finding Ashton Taylor to tie it up at one heading into the second period.
Elan Bar Lev Wise would score his 2nd of the night on the powerplay to restore the lead for the Warriors. Warriors starting goaltender and AP call up Angelo Zol would make several big stops to keep it 2-1 Warriors heading into the third period.
The third frame was all about the AP callups. First after the Warriors were able to kill a penalty, forward Kailus Green would find Cam Hicklin who would score off a breakaway to make it 3-1. Less than a minute later Marcus Joughin would tip a Dylan Brooks point shot fed by Max Sanford to make it 4-1. The Cents would make it interesting with Levi Carter cutting the lead in half to make it 4-2 with 13 minutes remaining, but the Warriors would control play the rest of the way getting goals from Riley Sharun off a Brennan Nelson pass, Max Sanford from a Alex Ochitwa pass and then Tyson Jugnauth would cap things off with his 9th of the year to make it 7-2. The Jugnauth goal allowed him to tie Justin Schultz for 2nd most points by a Warriors defenseman in a single season.
FINAL SHOTS: 37-29 Warriors.
Player awards were also handed out after the game.
Warriors Awards. (Presenter of the Award in BOLD)
-Most Improved: Brennan Nelson Simon Ferguson
-Top Scoring Defenseman: Tyson Jugnauth Ayrton Nikkel
-Top Defensive Defenseman: Charles-Alexis Legault Josh Gorges
-Academic Award: Zach Reim Ayrton Nikkel
-Gary Brown Sr Award (Fan of the Year): Vicki Kavanagh Sharon Brown/Chris Laurie
-Top Scoring Forward: Felix Trudeau Simon Ferguson
-Top Defensive Forward: Chase Dafoe Josh Gorges
-Volunteer of the Year: Lisa Weir Chris Laurie
-Fan Favorite: Felix Trudeau Chase Johnston
-Rookie of the year: Alexi Van Houtte-Cachero Josh Gorges
-Community-minded Player: Damon Jugnauth Chris Laurie
-Chaplaincy Program Award: Chase Dafoe Don Richmond
-Heart and Soul Award: Pat Lawn/ Elan Bar-Lev-Wise (2 different plaques) Ayrton Nikkel
-RH Dedication Award: Nick Ardanaz Rod Hume
-Corporate Partner of the Year: Total Restoration Chase Johnston (won’t be in attendance but plug 1st ever Free Game Total Tuesday)
-MVP: Tyler Rubin/ Felix Trudeau (2 different plaques) Simon Ferguson
Graduation Awards
Pat Lawn
Johnny Derrick
Christophe Farmer
Elan Bar-Lev-Wise
Marcus Joughin
The Warriors are back in action next Friday night for Game #1 of the playoffs when they host the Vernon Vipers. Puck drop 7:00pm PST from Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna. Catch broadcasts on BCHL TV (formally HockeyTV) or tune into the Warriors MixIr radio station.
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