Beyond the Blue Line
By Stephanie Stevens
They say the devil is in the details, and so, sometimes, is the win.
The Columbia Valley Rockies hosted The Castlegar Rebels in the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena October 12 and won the game 4-2, a welcome victory after two frustrating losses on the road the weekend prior.
“We’ve had an interesting week of injuries and sickness, trying to piece our team back together a bit,” said associate coach Tucker Braund. “We’ve worked a lot on the small details and the habits we need to have to be a winning team.”
Braund added he thought they did a better job implementing those details at last Saturday’s game.
Scoring first for the Rockies was Owen Ditzel (assisted by Carter Krause), with Peter Godley (Bryan Kim and Carter Velker) and Ashton Sledz (unassisted) adding two more in the second.
An empty netter from Johnny Lozeman (Carter Hensch) in the third cinched the win.
Netminder Jaiden Jakubowski stopped 31 of 33 shots on goal.
It was also a low penalty game for the boys, with the Rockies only tallying six minutes in the box, significantly lower than the average 27 minutes so far this season.
“We played a little desperate at times which is good,” said Braund. “Every team can win on any given night if you don’t have the effort … we just need to remember that every weekend.” ?
The boys are away this weekend playing the Princeton Posse, Grand Forks Border Bruins and Osoyoos Coyotes, respectively. They are back in the Eddie for back to back home games the following weekend hosting the Spokane Braves and Quesnel River Rush.
PHOTO STEPHANIE STEVENS
