The Beaver Valley Nitehawks broke their three game losing skid with a pair of wins over division rivals Nelson Leafs and Spokane Braves on the weekend.
Hawks goalie Tallon Kramer earned the shutout , Tyler Ghiradosi scored twice, and Jayce Weegar had a three-point night in a 6-0 drubbing of the Spokane Braves on Sunday in Spokane.
B.V. fired 70 shots at the Spokane net, including 26 in the first period as they jumped out to a 3-0 lead on goals from Alan Pruss, Ghiradosi, and Blake Sidoni. Braden Fuller scored the only goal in the middle frame to give B.V. a 4-0 lead, and Ghiradosi and Weegar rounded out the scoring in the third. Kramer stopped 28 shots on the night for his first shutout as a Nitehawk.
The Hawks scored five-first period goals en route to a 7-3 victory over the Leafs on Saturday.
Kyle Hope, Braden Fuller, Blake Sidoni, Devin Nemes, Allan Pruss, Ryan Terpsma and Devin Ghirardosi each scored for the division-leading Nitehawks.
Eamonn Miller scored twice for the 16-21-1 Leafs while Samuel Weber added a single. Beaver Valley exploded out of the gate going up 5-0 as Leafs goaltender Curt Doyle, back again after a brief return to major midget hockey, allowed all five goals on 14 shots before being pulled at the intermission in favour of Patrick Ostermann.
Terpsma opened the second period with a short-handed goal to give the Nitehawks a 6-0 lead. Miller put the Leafs on the board with two goals bookending another Beaver Valley goal by Ghirardosi.
Weber's goal in the third was all the offence either team would muster during the period.
Beaver Valley goaltender Tallon Kramer made 39 saves for the win, while Ostermann finished with 24 saves.
With the two victories the 27-8-2-2 Nitehawks remain in top spot in the Neil Murdoch division, eight points up on the Castlegar Rebels, who lost 8-2 to the Creston Valley Wildcats Friday, before bouncing back with wins over Spokane, 6-3, and Grand Forks, 5-2, on Saturday and Sunday.
The Nitehawks next face the Rebels at the Hawks Nest on Friday with the puck drop at 7:30 p.m.