Friday, Oct. 26th saw arch rivals of the Chase Heat, the Kamloops Storm, come to town.
After two thrilling overtime periods the game ended in a 3-3 tie.
The Storm struck first in the first period with the Heat scoring the only goal of the second, Kurtis Johnson assisted by Shelby Kostyshen and Dominick Hodges.
In the third, the teams each scored twice: for the Heat, Kostyshen potted one assisted by Hodges and Taylor Jordan and Jordan scoring assisted by McKenzie Guardiero and Hodges.
The crowd went home tired and happy.
On Saturday Chase visited the Sicamous Eagles, another division foe. The Eagles claimed a 3-1 victory.
Scoring for the Heat was Hodges assisted by Karsten Banack and Jordan.
Jacob Mattes faced a total of 82 shots over the weekend.
Next came a Halloween encounter in Armstrong versus the North Okanagan Knights who are leading the division.
The Grizzlies from Revelstoke will be visiting the Art Holding Arena tonight followed by the Penticton Lakers on Saturday night.
The Heat, in the last few weeks, have added Taylor Jordan, a top-six forward from the Summerland Steam, lanky defenceman Karsten Banack, a Red Deer, Alta. kid picked up from the Princeton Posse, and d-man Robert Dawson, a Kelowna youngster picked up from the Grandforks Border Bruins.
This past Sunday, five teams of Heat players took part in the Great Pumpkin Experience from Pete Murray’s Corn Farm to the museum.
Ethan “Cowboy” Kalugin won a friendly bet as he packed a 30-plus pound pumpkin the four kilometres on his own. The boys showed off some artistic flair in carving excellent jack o’ lanterns.