Major Bantam Thunderbirds headed into a two-game weekend stand against the Cariboo Cougars on Saturday, Nov. 30, tied with that team for third place.

They had a loss to avenge, as their only previous meeting was a lopsided affair where Prince George dominated the Fraser Valley T-birds, winning 3-0.

Prince George, the most penalized team in the league, had two players in the first game kicked out for dangerous play. Cougars amassed 35 minutes in penalties in the first game.

Thunderbirds won the first game 4-2.

Goalie Jason Roth kept the cats at bay, while 91原创鈥檚 Nathan Produnak scored a pair with Hayden Hall from 91原创 adding one.

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Ryan Pretty from Abbotsford scored on a pass from Thomas Dohms of Abbotsford to round out the scoring. Mission鈥檚 Ryan Elson and 91原创鈥檚 Mitch Kehler added assists in the game.

Tbirds trailed much of the second game but kept pushing until they tied it with 1:52 remaining on the clock.

Hall potted his second of 2 in the game to tie it 2-2.

Produnak and Elson added assists in regulation time.

Over time saw 91原创鈥檚 Nicholas Peebles snap one through the Cougars tender to sweep the weekend and give the team sole possession of third, three points up on the Cougars.

Peebles is the OT hero

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Coach Nathan Martz said the players did 鈥渁 great job competing against a very tough team.鈥�

鈥淎ny time you can sweep a weekend you know you did a lot of good things,鈥� Martz observed.

Both games took place in Abbotsford.

Photos by Ilona Schmidt.

dan.ferguson@langleyadvancetimes.com
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