Left picture: #11 Aiden Hansen-Bukata’s shot is deflected over the net by Victoria’s goalie.
Right picture: #23 Sammy Steele scores Nanaimo’s fourth goal.
By Dan Marshall
The WOLF 106.9 FM
Reprinted from NanaimoNewsNOW.com
COLWOOD — The Clippers started their post Christmas schedule with a 4-2 win against the Grizzlies. Nanaimo came out with one of their best periods of the season to take a 3-0 lead after one.
Ethan Scardina rifled two shots by the glove of Zach Rose and Thomas Samuelsen trickled one through on a man advantage. Both Scardina and Samuelsen are on impressive streaks. Scardina has goals in four consecutive games, and Samuelsen has connected in five in a row
The shots were 14-3 for the road team. The Clippers were penalized six times in the second period, and were down five on three twice. Victoria capitalized when Carter Berger snapped a shot by Landon Pavlisin with traffic in front on a two man advantage.
The teams traded goals in the third with Newhook blasting a puck by Pavlisin and Sammy Steele scoring on a wonderful toe drag to give Nanaimo the insurance marker.
The final shots finished 35-25 for the Clippers with Nanaimo going 1/6 on the power play and 8/9 on the penalty kill.
Saturday’s Three Stars were Ethan Scardina (2 goals), Sammy Steele (1 goal, 2 assists), and Alex Newhook (1 goal, 1 assist).
Nanaimo’s line of Scardina, Samuelsen, and Steele combined for seven points in the victory which was the team’s fifth in a row.
Monday at 2 p.m. the Clippers will play their final game of 2018 in Alberni Valley. With a victory they’ll be back to the .500 mark for the first time since September.
