Brats turn heads with darts

The Clancy’s Snipers are threatening to run away with the Penticton and District Dart Association regular season title.

The Snipers collected 16 points in Week 12 to take their total to 232 – giving them a 32-point lead over Elks No. 1 team and Roll N Stones Fun Centre Alley Brats, who are tied at 200. The Alley Brats moved from fourth to a tie for second with a strong 20-point week.

Roll N Stones Fun Centre Shooting Stars had the high for the week of 21 points to jump three places in the standings to eighth.

Rounding out the top five teams are ANAF Smokin’ Aces at 193 and OK Falls Legion Hand Grenades at 171.

There were no new additions this week to the “180 Club” that includes Mike Meaney, Bryan Gipson, Jason Gerlat, Dave Pearson, Ryan Mckenzie, Ken Evans, Brian Ek, Darren Hafftor, Lee Martin and Deb Nichols.

School hockey has sponsor

The Canadian Sport School Hockey League and BDO Canada LLP announced a new partnership, as BDO becomes the Key Accounting Firm of the CSSHL as well as the title sponsor for the rebranded BDO CSSHL Championships.

“BDO has been a great partner since the first year our Championships were hosted in Penticton,” said Kevin Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer of the CSSHL. “We are excited to be increasing their presence at the championships and on our digital platforms. We are looking forward to working with such an outstanding organization for years to come.”

As part of this three-year agreement, BDO will continue to be recognized as the Official Ballot Counter of the CSSHL Awards, an event they have been a part of since 2015. The 2017-18 CSSHL Awards will take place during the 2018 BDO CSSHL Championships.

The 2018 BDO CSSHL Championships will take place March 9-18 in Penticton.

Islanders rout Canucks 5-2

NEW YORK — Coach Doug Weight knows his New York Islanders have shown they are a good team through the first part of the season. He still sees room for improvement. “We can get better,” Doug Weight said after the New York Islanders’ 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

Calvin de Haan and Jordan Eberle scored goals one minute apart in the first period, Andrew Ladd, Anders Lee and John Tavares also scored goals for New York.

Eberle now has goals in three straight games and recorded his 400th NHL point as New York improved to 15-7-2 overall and 8-0-2 at Barclays Center.

“It’s part of the learning curve in figuring out what we need to do, night in and night out to win hockey games or to give ourselves the best chance to win,” Ladd said. “We’ve done that the last little while.” Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves for the Islanders. Whereas the Islanders were brimming with confidence, the Canucks are looking for answers after dropping to 11-10-4 with its third straight loss, all to the three teams in the New York City area.

“It’s frustrating,” said Bo Horvat, who along with former Islander Thomas Vanek scored for the Canucks.

Anders Nilsson stopped 31 shots. “You’re not playing the way you have to be the last three games. It hurts in the standings. The division is so tight. And we need all the wins we can get.” — Staff and News Services