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91Ô­´´ 91Ô­´´ suffer third loss of preseason against Chiefs

Caleb Malhotra gets first goal of WHL career in overtime
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The Chilliwack Chiefs surround forward Caleb Malhotra after his overtime goal against the 91Ô­´´ 91Ô­´´, at the Chiefs home opener Sept. 8.

91Ô­´´ 91Ô­´´ lost a close one to the Chilliwack Chiefs, a 6-5 OT win over Sunday, courtesy of one of the host team's youngest players. 

Caleb Malhotra, a 2008-forward signed on in April, found the back of the net 1:19 into the first overtime, assisted by Tucker Shedd. It was the fourth shot on the 91Ô­´´'s goalie in the short overtime, with the visitor's not even getting a chance to score. 

 

 

Starting from the beginning, the only goal of the first period went to 91Ô­´´'s Jack Bakker in a power play. 

The Chiefs' Savin Virk evened it up early in the second period, but the 91Ô­´´'s Luke Pfoh scored at 15:45 bringing the score to 2-1. 

Savin evened it up again early in the third period, but the 91Ô­´´'s Austin Borggaard answered that with a goal at the 3:27 mark. 

A pair of goals by Ty Campbell (7:40) and Jordan Geike (9:22) finally flipped the scoreboard in the Chief's favour, just briefly before a goal by 91Ô­´´'s Jerome Maharaj tied it up again at 4-4. 

The Chiefs' Caleb Elfering scored at 15:35, but that was met by a goal by Mason Kesselring just one minute later, tying them up at 5-5. 

The Chiefs took 42 shots on net, compared to the 91Ô­´´'s 27. Penalty minutes went to Enzo Lottin (slashing), Jordan Geike (minor high-sticking), Connor Dick (cross-checking), Nathan Morin (roughing), Dominic Greico (interference) and Nico Grabas (unsportsmanlike conduct).  

It was the third loss in a row for the 91Ô­´´, who fell to to Surrey 5-1 on Sept. 6, and got shut out by Coquitlam 3-0 Sept. 7 before a home ice audience of 547 at George Preston arena.

Next up 91Ô­´´ visit Prince George for back-to-back games Sept. 13 and 14 to wrap up preseason exhibition.

Their first regular season game will be Sunday, Sept. 22 against Prince George at George Preston at 2:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 



Jessica Peters

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