Brooks hits target in 6-man shootout
Zach Brooks scored the shootout winner as the West Kelowna Warriors beat the Vernon Vipers 2-1 in BC Hockey League action Monday night in Vernon.
Brooks’ goal was the only one in a six-round shootout. Goaltenders Johnny Derrick for West Kelowna and James Porter Jr. for Vernon were the standouts in the game.
Both goals came in the second period with Regan Millburn opening the scoring for Vernon and Carter Wilkie replying for West Kelowna.
The Warriors play the Salmon Arm Silverbacks tonight in the bubble at Vernon’s Kal Tire Place.
VEES GOALIE TURNING HEADS IN BCHL
Penticton Vees goalie Kaeden Lane is the BCHL’s player of the week. The 19-year-old Burnaby native posted a 3-1 record with two shutouts. Over that stretch, Lane had a save percentage of .966 and a goalsagainst average of 0.76.
Lane boasts a 7-1 record on the season and, along with backup Kaleb McEachern, is part of the top goaltending tandem in the BCHL.
He played two seasons with the Grande Prairie Storm in the Alberta Junior Hockey League before being traded to Penticton in June 2020.
Before his time in junior A, Lane developed with the Burnaby Winter Club in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League and signed with the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers in 2017, but got into just two games for the club.
PENTICTON PRODUCT GOING TO COLLEGE
A winning hockey program combined with small class sizes made Adrian College the right fit for Penticton product Ethan McLaughlin.
After spending two seasons bouncing around junior A leagues in B.C. and Alberta, the 20-year-old signed on with the Nelson Leafs of the junior B KIJHL for 2020-21.
While the season was eventually cancelled, McLaughlin still managed to get into three game with the Leafs and attract the interest of scouts. He even did a virtual tour of his new school in Adrian, Michigan.
The Bulldogs complete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1.
“On and off the ice, I will be able to better myself,” says McLaughlin, who plans to study business.
McLaughlin spent four seasons developing at the Okanagan Hockey Academy.