Demons shut out Steelheads in battle of west’s best
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Updated: November 25, 2009 9:20 AM
A weekend confrontation between the two best teams in the CIHL West Division lived up to its pre-game hype – but a tremendous shut-out performance by league-leading goaltender, Jamie Moran was the highlight.
The Demons beat the Steelheads 2-0 to extend their lead on the division.
Goals by Ian Coleman and Kory Finn stood up as Moran’s heroics denied the Smithers group all evening long.
Moran wasn’t letting anything in as he flashed a fast glove hand several times and deftly used the stick and blocker to deflect several pucks to the corners.
The Ice Demons defensive corps also played well, blocking many of the shots and with the thought that the best defense is a good offense carried a number of pucks down the ice, adding to the frustration for the Steelheads.
The win extended the Demons’ lead in the Division to 17 points, while the Steelheads loss and the Rampage win, leap-frogged the Rampage into second place, with 13 points.
The Rampage and the Demons meet again in Kitimat on Saturday Dec. 5.
In other games, the Prince Rupert Rampage found Terrace capable of responding to a challenge after they built a 3-0 lead on goals by Mino Verde, Rob Millar and John Hunt.
That crumpled to 3-2 as Terrace battled back with goals by Calen Findlay and an unassisted individual effort by Steve Cullis, but a Travis Helland goal restored the two goal lead, to 4-2, mid-way through the third and Terrace stayed mired in last place in the West Division – looking at possible elimination from the playoffs.
In the East the Houston Luckies hosted an under-manned Omineca Ice team and handled them fairly efficiently, 5-2, for an important home ice victory. Even wit the short bench, the Ice extended the Luckies at different times during the game and Don Kenzle had to make some good saves.
Luckies also won the matinee game on Sunday by a score of 7-2.
This weekend, the Ice Demons will be on the road, visiting the Hazelton Wolverines.
