The win in Game 7 of the Interior Conference final earned the Vees a 4-3 series win and a trip to the BCHL’s championship series.
The Vees scored three times in the final five minutes, including twice in the final 27 seconds of the game, as Penticton somehow roared back from a 3-1 deficit toNolan Stevenson scored two of Penticton’s last two goals, the first at 15:16 of the third period to make it 3-2, then the winner, a one-timer from the point, at 19:46.In between, Conyr Hellyer made it 3-3 when he scored on a back-door tip-in at 19:33.
After a scoreless first, Zack Stringer opened the scoring at 1:52 of the second for Penticton. But halfway through the frame, Cole Cooksey levelled the score at 1-1 with a power-play goal for Salmon Arm at 13:03. In the third, Nathan Mackie scored back-to-back goals to make it 2-1 and then 3-1 for the Silverbacks. His markers came at 8:52, then at 10:01.Will Ingemann made 22 saves as Penticton outshot Salmon Arm 49-25, including 16-10 in the third. Eli Pulver finished with 45 saves for the Silverbacks.Penticton will meet Surrey in the league final. The Eagles won the Coastal Conference final 4-3 after posting aThe series will pit the league’s top two teams against each other.
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