West Kelowna comes back to double up Cents 6-3

Friday night was teddy bear toss night in West Kelowna and the Merritt Centennials came out looking to spoil the party.

The Warriors would take an early penalty, but the Cents would fail to convert with the extra man. A few minutes later it was a reversal with Merritt going to the box, with West Kelowna not finding twine on the 5-on-4 chance.

Then at the 11:24 mark, Ryan Mulrenin would chip and chase himself into the left-wing corner, win the battle and then feed Connor Farren on the half-wall. Farren would find Mulrenin in the high slot who would ring the puck off the post and in to open the scoring.

Hicks stopped 15/15 in the opening frame.

The Cents came out strong in the middle stanza with captain Davide Patella finding himself all alone in front of Johnny Derrick, Patella would deke to the forehand and bury top corner.

Then teddy bears would them come raining down a few minutes later, as Elan Bar-Lev-Wise scoring on the powerplay. West K would then rattle off two more to take a 3-2 lead. Goals from John Evans and Felix Trudeau.

Following the third goal, Head Coach Dave Chyzowski called a timeout to rally the troops. Five seconds later Jerzy Orchard responded with his 7^th on the year to level the contest at 3-3.

The Cents would take a late penalty, and the Warrior would make Merritt pay, as Nicolas Ardanaz scored his first of the year from the point.

Hicks stopped 30/34 through 40 minutes.

The Warriors would add two more in the final stanza to win 6-3. John Hicks was peppered in goal stopping 45 of 51 in the contest.