Coyotes down defending champs
Osoyoos scores overtime win against visiting 100 Mile House
A thrilling comeback hoisted the Osoyoos Coyotes to an eighth straight win and helped them maintain their grip on first place in the KIJHL’s Okanagan Division.
In front of 312 fans at the Sun Bowl Arena on Saturday, Austin Steger netted the game-winning power play goal 23 seconds into overtime as the Coyotes overcame the defending KIJHL-champion 100 Mile House Wranglers 4-3.
Hunter Johnson tied the game with 1:21 left in the third period as the Coyotes completed a comeback from a 3-0 deficit.
Connor Onstein in the second and Ryan Roseboom in the third also scored for Osoyoos (19-5-0). The last three Osoyoos goals came on the power play.
Rob Raju, James Gordon and Garrett Hilton scored for the Wranglers, who led 1-0 and 3-1 at the period breaks. The Coyotes had a 52-31 edge in shots on goal.
Steam 4 Kelowna 1: Wyatt Gale produced a hat-trick and Riley Pettitt assisted on all three as Summerland beat visiting Kelowna Chiefs on Friday.
Everett Scherger also scored for the winners while Brett Witala gave the Chiefs the 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.
Matthew Huber stopped 23 shots for the win while Tanner Marshall had 33 saves for the Chiefs.
On Friday, the Steam led the North Okanagan Knights 4-1 with 4:01 to go in the second period when a transformer failure at the Nor-Val Arena in Armstrong forced the game to be postponed. The remainder of the game will be completed at a later date.
Summerland (17-6-2) is two points behind the Coyotes and four points ahead of third-place Kelowna (15-9-2) in the division.
The Steam face Princeton tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Summerland Arena, while the Coyotes also have a mid-week home game Wednesday at 7:35 p.m. against North Okanagan. On Friday, Osoyoos visits the Sicamous Eagles and 100 Mile House travels to Summerland.
On Saturday, Summerland makes the return visit to 100 Mile, while Osoyoos goes to Revelstoke to take on the Grizzlies.
Osoyoos then visits Princeton next Wednesday before getting a two-week holiday break until Dec. 28.