Week #2 - Recap

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The expansion Cowichan Thunder hosted the Saanich Express on Tuesday April 18th at the Kerry Park Arena.

A good opening night crowd saw the visitors open the scoring a couple of shifts into the game but Jake McCluskey tied it up for the young hometown kids, scoring the first home goal of the Thunders' season. Saanich held a first period lead of 4-1 but the hometown Thunder would come out hard shocking the Express in the 2nd period, with each team scoring 3 a piece.

The third period is unfortunately where Cowichan lost their thunder getting outscored 7-1 but the youthful Thunder kept their heads up high and battled to the very end.

The Thunder were led by Jake McCluskey (1g, 2a, 3pts), Austin Webb (1g, 1a, 2pts), and Brett Beauchamp (1g, 1a, 2pts). The Express were lead by Tory Bains (4g, 1a, 5pts), Colton Hauser (2g, 3a, 5pts) and Cooper Board (2g, 2a, 4pts).

Week #3 sees the Cowichan Thunder travel down south to Bear Country to face Westshore on Thursday April 17th at 8pm at the Q Centre Arena; while the Saanich Express to a back to back weekender in Campbell River April 29th & 30th to face the Ravens. Oceanside hosts the Bears on Saturday April 29th and then travel to Nanaimo on Sunday to play the Timbermen.

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The Nanaimo Timbermen travelled down to the Peninsula to face the Saanich Express on Friday April 21st at the Panorama Arena.

Nanaimo arrived but something was missing for the first period as the home team mounted a 7-0 first period lead and didn't look back. The Timbermen climbed their way back in the 2nd period burying four goals but the Express tied that period output and then put in four more in the third to take the victory from the men in red.

The Nanaimo Timbermen were lead by Declan Fines (2g, 1a, 3pts), Dylan Bennett (1g, 1a, 2pts) and five others with a point each. The Saanich Express were led by Tory Bains (4g, 4pts), Devyn Zunti (2g, 2a, 4pts), and Zach Hulbert (2g, 2a, 4pts) and Mason Lo (1g, 2a, 3pts).

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The Westshore Bears visited the Oceanside Sharks on Saturday April 22nd at Parksville's Oceanside Place Arena. Another slow start for a home team allowed the visitors to pot the first 5 goals of the game. Oceanside countered with one before period end to get on the board.

Both teams battled hard for the 2nd period with the Bears coming out of the period with a 5-3 advantage and a 10-4 intermission lead. Final three goals in the third were by the visitors as the hometown Sharks didn't have enough swim in them to close the gap.

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The Oceanside Sharks hosted the Campbell River Ravens on Sunday April 23rd @ 2:30pm at the Oceanside Place Arena. The Sharks opened the scoring with 2 straight before the Ravens would pot their first of the season. The Sharks then scored 2 more to the Ravens 1 to take a 4-2 first period lead.

The Sharks then won the second period 2-0 and the third 6-3 to get their second win of the season which puts them tied for first place in PNWJLL standings.