A roundup of junior hockey results from the Okanagan and area.
B.C. HOCKEY LEAGUE
One night after everything went wrong for Penticton, the Vees did everything right on Saturday evening in Surrey.
Will Ingemann stopped 24 of 25 shots, and the Vees scored three unanswered goals to defeat the Surrey Eagles in Game 2 of the BCHL championship series.
The best-of-seven set is now deadlocked at 1-1, with Surrey having pasted Penticton 6-0 in the series opener on Friday night.
“Honestly, just sticking with it. From our opening shift in the first period onward, we played our game,” said Vees assistant coach Matt Vanden Berg.
“We played with pace, didn’t give them much, backchecked hard and finally capitalized on our chances. That’s a credit to our guys, understanding who they are and what our identity is as a team.”
Lucas Sorace, James Fisher and Thomas Pichette, with an empty-net goal, scored for Penticton, which trailed 1-0 after the second period following a scoreless first.
Aaron Schwartz, with a power-play goal at 14:57 of the middle frame, scored for Surrey.
Sorace made it 1-1 at 12:23 of the third, with Fisher doubling the Vees’ lead to 2-0 at 17:36. Pichette rounded out the scoring at 19:23.
Sorace’s marker was the first goal Penticton scored on Surrey in 112 minutes of championship series action.
Ajeet Gundarah finished with 25 saves on 27 shots.
Penticton had no power plays while Surrey was 1-for-1.
The series now shifts from the Lower Mainland to the Okanagan, with Penticton hosting Game 3 and Game 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Game 5 will take place in Surrey next Friday. Game 6 and Game 7, if needed, will occur in Penticton (Sunday, May 26) and Surrey (Tuesday, May 28).