BROADCAST INFORMATION
Game Time: 6:00 pm PDT
Location: Sherwood Park Arena, Sherwood Park
Radio: Bounce 800 AM
Webcast: Flo Hockey
Season Series
September 21 Penticton Vees at Sherwood Park Crusaders
October 19 Penticton Vees at Sherwood Park Crusaders
December 6 Sherwood Park Crusaders at Penticton Vees
January 3 Sherwood Park Crusaders at Penticton Vees
Penticton Vees
GM & Head Coach: Fred Harbinson
2024-25 Record: GP 1 1-0-0-0, 2 PTS
Last Game: 3-2 win at Spruce Grove, September 20
Home: 0-0-0-0
Away: 1-0-0-0
GF: 3
GA: 2
Power Play: 0/3
Penalty Kill: 3/4
Scoring Leader: Anselmo Rego (1-1-2)
The Vees opened the 2024-25 season with a 3-2 win over the Spruce Grove Saints, Friday at Grant Fuhr Arena.
Landon Wright scored the game-winner with just under two minutes left in the third period that broke a 2-2 tie. Matthew Cataldo and Anselmo Rego also scored for Penticton. Rego, Matthew Biotti, and Michael Fisher each had two points games.
Will Ingemann earned his first win of the season, as he stopped 24 of 26 shots.
Penticton looks for the weekend sweep tonight against the Sherwood Park Crusaders. The Vees will once again start Ingemann in net. Carson Lesiuk will slot in on a line with Ben Merrill and Casey Brown.
The line of Cataldo, Rego, and Luke Posthumus combined for three points in Friday’s win.
Sherwood Park Crusaders
Head Coach: Brennan Menard
2024-25: GP 1 1-0-0-0, 2 PTS
Last Game: 7-3 win at Blackfalds, September 20
Home: 0-0-0-0
Away: 1-0-0-0
GF: 7
GA: 3
Power Play: 4/10
Penalty Kill: 5/6
Scoring Leader: John Banks (1-3-4)
The Crusaders picked up a 7-3 win Friday on the road against the Blackfalds Bulldogs.
Special teams were a big factor for Sherwood Park, as they scored four times on the power play and also scored shorthanded; five of their seven goals came via special teams.
On average, the Crusaders are the youngest team in the BCHL, with an average age of 17.5, but also a very skilled team with 17 players committed to NCAA Division l programs; that speaks volumes. How young are they? The Cru only have three 20-year-old players in tonight’s lineup.
Defenceman John Alex Banks had quite the season opener last night, as he finished with a goal and four points in the win over the Bulldogs.
