The hometown 100 Mile House Wranglers scored twice in the game’s first six minutes and rolled to a 7-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League win over the North Okanagan Knights Saturday in the South Cariboo.
Trailing 2-0 heading into the second period, Cade Enns got the Knights on the board at 2:04 to pull to within one, but the Wranglers then rattled off four unanswered markers to take a 6-1 lead into the final period.
Goals by Kevin-Thomas Walters at 5:18, and Cameron McKenzie at 8:14, gave the Knights a bit of life as they cut the margin to 6-3 before Darian Long scored his hattrick goal with just 25 seconds left to end the scoring.
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Caedon Bellmann made 28 saves in taking the loss in goal while Caelan Armstrong stopped 23 Knights shots for 100 Mile House as the Wranglers improved to 13-9-1-0, good for third place in the Okanagan-Shuswap Conference’s Doug Birks Division.
The Knights (8-12-0-3) remain in fourth place in the Conference’s Bill Ohlhausen Division, two points behind Princeton and with a date with the Posse set for Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the Nor-Val Sports Centre.
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