Summerland keeps Steaming along
Cody Swan scored twice and Scott Robinson racked up three assists as the Summerland Steam beat the North Okanagan Knights 7-4 Tuesday at the Summerland Arena.
Cairo Rogers and Everett Scherger each had a goal and a helper and Ryan Allen and Lucas Jirousek also clicked as the Steam (15-5-0) extended their lead atop the Okanagan Division to six points over Princeton and seven over Osoyoos.
Sam Jones added two assists for the Steam, who beat the Knights for the fourth time in five meetings this season.
Tyler Olsen with two, Dean Whitcomb and Ben Jossinet connected for the Knights (5-12-13), who had a modest twogame winning streak snapped.
The game was tied 2-2 after one period before the Steam scored three unanswered in the second period.
Matt Huber made 17 saves for the Steam while Zach Willms stopped 22 shots for the Knights.
Robinson is the highest scoring defenceman in the league and is tied for third overall in the points race with 36.
Bowler Bob Biro triple threat on men’s night
Bob Biro ran the table in Thursday Night Men’s 10-pin bowling league action at the Roll N Stones Fun Centre.
Biro had the high single of 211, high triple of 555 and high average of 189. Perry Mathers also had a 201 singlegame.
Investors logged the team high single at 697 and El Rancho notched the team high triple at 1,962.
In Monday Night mixed five-pin play, Arlee Mooy exploded for the ladies’ and overall high single of 357, along with the ladies’ high four-game of 1,032 and ladies’ high average of 216.
Nathan Heiberg and Mike Elder shared the men’s high single at 343, Elder had the high four-game of 1,069 and Stu Ryan retained the high average of 271. Harley Elasoff also had a 300-plus game of 337.
Team Chris had the high single of 950 and Team Mike the high four-game of 3,144.
Anisimov scores 3 as ’Hawks beat Rangers
CHICAGO — Artem Anisimov scored three times in the third period, Nick Schmaltz had three assists and the Chicago Blackhawks cooled off the New York Rangers with a 6-3 victory on Wednesday night.
“The puck goes in and the puck finds me in front. Something’s going to happen,” said Anisimov, who made his NHL debut with New York in 2009 and played in 244 games with the Rangers.
Alex DeBrincat, John Hayden and Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago, which had dropped three of four. Duncan Keith had two assists and Corey Crawford made 25 saves, helping the Blackhawks bounce back from an ugly 7-5 loss to New Jersey on Sunday.
New York had won six in a row — the longest win streak in the NHL this season — and it carried a 1-0 lead into the final minute of the second period. But the Blackhawks grabbed control with four goals in 6:06, capped by Anisimov’s power-play slam through Henrik Lundqvist’s legs at 5:14 of the third.
Scherzer, Kluber win Cy Young Awards
Max Scherzer heard his name and thrust his arms in the air, shouting and smiling big before turning to kiss his wife.
Corey Kluber, on the other hand, gulped once and blinked.
Two aces, two different styles — and now another Cy Young Award for each.
The animated Scherzer of the Washington Nationals coasted to his third Cy Young, winning Wednesday for the second straight year in the National League. He breezed past Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, drawing 27 of the 30 first-place votes in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Kluber’s win was even more of a runaway. The Cleveland Indians ace took 28 first-place votes, easily outpacing Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox for his second AL Cy Young.
Scherzer yelled “yes!” when his award was announced on MLB Network, a reaction in keeping with his expressive reputation. He showed that intensity often this year, whether he was cursing under his breath like a madman during his delivery or demanding — also with expletives — manager Dusty Baker leave him in the game.
Just a little different than the pitcher they call “Klubot.” Kluber was stoic as ever when announced as AL winner. He only showed the hint of a smile moments later when answering questions. Not that he wasn’t thrilled. “Winning a second one maybe, for me personally, kind of validates the first one,” Kluber said.
— Staff and News Services