Cranbrook, BC – Kootenay ICE forward Dustin Sylvester had 2 goals and 1 assist while goalie Nathan Lieuwen made 13 saves for his 2nd shutout in a 5-0 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings in WHL action on Saturday night.
Edmonton’s Clay Cumiskey had a penalty shot and was stopped by Nathan Lieuwen who made a blocker save. It was the 1st penalty shot in Lieuwen’s career.
24 seconds later Dustin Sylvester would score the 1st goal of the game as he was close to being on a breakaway, Oil Kings goalie came out of his net to play the puck but his clearing attempt was blocked by Sylvester who then had an open net.
Sylvester made it 2-0 as he busted through 2 defenseman and crashed the net for a chip in through the legs.
Andrew Bailey made it 3-0 with a waist high deflection off a Sylvester shot.
Kevin King would score 2 power-play goals on 2 rebounds near the crease to make the score 5-0 after 2 periods.
The ICE will play their next 8 games on the road.
Game Summary
Edmonton 9-13-1-3 Kootenay 12-9-2-3
1st Period
1. Kootenay, Sylvester 9 (Bailey) 15:26
Missed penalty shot – Cumiskey Edm, 15:02
Penalties – Pearson Edm (slashing) 6:14, Pacovsky Ktn (interference) 15:16.
2nd Period
2. Kootenay, Sylvester (2) 10 9:00
3. Kootenay, Bailey 6 (Sylvester) 10:45
4. Kootenay, King 8 (Negrin, Barteaux) 18:00 pp
5. Kootenay, King (2) 9 (Fraser, Negrin) 19:35 pp
Penalties – Negrin Ktn (interference) 3:08, Pearson Edm (fighting) Barteaux (fighting) 10:47, Van de Mosselaer Edm (hooking) 16:55, Tervonen Edm (cross checking) 18:46.
3rd Period
No Scoring
Penalties – Tervonen Edm (check from behind) 4:41, Burns Edm (elbowing major, game misconduct) Bailey Ktn (roughing) 7:12, Vanscourt (holding) 11:09, Breitkruz Edm (fighting) Bailey Ktn (fighting) 16:27, Machacek Ktn (holding) 16:18.
Shots on goal by
Edmonton - 5 - 3 – 5 = 13
Kootenay - 11 – 23 – 11 = 45
Goal (shots-saves) – Edmonton: Cam Lanigan (L 3-3-0-0) Kootenay: Nathan Lieuwen (W 6-4-0-1)
Power plays (goals-chances) - Edmonton: 0/4 Kootenay: 2/5
Referee – Andy Theissen
Linesmen – Jeff Jobson, Michael Boisvert
Attendance – 2,833