Hawks dump Leafs 5-2 to pull closer to lead in Murdoch race
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The Murdoch Division got a whole lot tighter after Friday’s action.
Ryan Edwards and Dallas Calvin each had two points to lead the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to a 5-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory Friday night in Fruitvale.
The win, coupled with a 3-2 Columbia Valley overtime victory over the Castlegar Rebels, moves the Hawks to within three points of division leading Nelson and two behind second-place Rebels.
Edwards got the ball rolling for the Hawks with a shorthanded tally 12 minutes into the game.
Michael Bell scored three minutes later to give the hometown Hawks the cushion they would never give up.
Calvin,Keanan Patershuk and Danny Vlanich, into an empty net, completed the scoring for Beaver Valley.
Leaf captain Colton Schell and Dustin Reimer replied for the Leafs.
Beaver Valley outshot the Leafs 29-25 making a winner out of netminder Zach Perehudoff.
Marcus Beesley took the loss in goal for Nelson.
The teams meet again Saturday in Nelson at 7:30 p.m. in the NDCC Arena.
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