Ice cooled by North Island Silvertips
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The Kootenay shook off a tough loss in the opener to grab a single point in a two-game B.C Hockey Major Midget League series against the North Island Silvertips Sunday in Castlegar.
Spencer McLean scored the only goal of the game for the Ice in a 1-1 tie against the Silvertips.
North Island won the opening tilt of the series 5-4, scoring twice on the power play in the third period to secure the victory.
Kootenay, 3-18-5, remain last in the BCMMHL standings.
Sunday, McLean of Montrose gave the Ice the early first period lead with his seventh goal of the season.
However, Hunter Findlater scored in the second to even the score.
Saturday, Kootenay held a 4-2 lead with five minutes remaining in the contest before a few questionable penalty called did the home side in.
Joe Gage, Clayton Pearce and Dylan Coghlan, netting the winner in with 62 seconds remaining in the game, rallied the Silvertips.
Ryan Neil of Fruitvale, Trevor Steinburg of Cranbrook, Kadrian Klimchuk of Castlegar and Coy Prevost of Kimberley scored for the Ice.
Jason Mailhoit of Trail was in goal for Kootenay.
The Ice travel to Langley this weekend for the annual BC Hockey Major Midget Showcase weekend at the Events Centre.
The Ice meet Valley West Hawks in two games.
Friday, the league allstar game is being played at the George Preston Centre with three players from Kootenay on the roster — Austin Tambellni of Nelson, Prevost and goalie Carson Schamerhorn of Trail.
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