The local Junior Hockey team, The Heat, met the Eagles in Sicamous on Friday, Oct. 19.
The bad part of the weekend came early as Sicamous scored in the first period at 14:07 on the power play. It was the first goal in a hat trick evening for Cameron Berry. Less than a minute later Brendan Devries struck for his first in a four-goal evening.
At game’s end, the Eagles came out with eight goals and secured a shutout for goalie Jack Surgenor.
The game ended on an ugly note with Jacob Mattes being flattened in his crease with 20 seconds left in the game. Suspensions arose with the Heat getting the worst of it.
On Saturday, Oct. 20, Heat fans saw their team take to home ice against the second-year Summerland Steam.
The good side of the team showed up on this evening with the Heat taking a 2 to 1 victory.
The Steam opened the scoring in the second on a power-play after a scoreless first period.
The Heat came out in the third hot-to-trot and put that energy to good use, scoring twice. Shelby Kostyshen scored early with Nicholas Fidanza getting the lone assist. Later in the third, Captain Kurtis Johnson put the biscuit in the basket assisted by Kostyshen and Fidanza.
Kostyshen was awarded the first star and Fidanza third.
After a 10-game losing streak, the 265 fans in attendance had something to cheer about and hope for the future.
The Heat faced the Kelowna Chiefs on Tuesday, Oct. 23, and were defeated 5-1.
The boys will be back in town for a Friday night tilt with rivals the Kamloops Storm on Friday, Oct. 26 and then they travel to Sicamous on Saturday.