The Olds Grizzlys spent most of the night on Wednesday, November 4th the comeback trail, but in the end the Canmore Eagles held on for a 5-4 road win.
440 fans were on hand at the Sportsplex as the Black & Gold clashed with the defending Alberta Junior Hockey League champions.
The Grizzlys had a couple of great chances late in the third period to send it to overtime, however the Eagles (9-4-0-1) got a 32 save performance from their goaltender Steven Wawryk (2008) from Airdrie. Canmore led by scores of 1-0, and then built up 2 goal leads three times – 3-1, 4-2, and 5-3.
Didsbury’s Ryder Riedel (2007) scored twice and added an assist. Kelowna B.C.’s Presley Kerner (2007) dished out a three of assists for the Grizzlys to extend his point streak to 10 games.
The Grizzlys came up short in Wednesday’s game despite dominating the special teams battle. Olds was 3 for 3 on the penalty kill and 3 for 5 on the power play. Overall this season, the Grizzlys are third in the AJHL on the PP (29.0%) and second on the PK (81.8%).
After going 2-2-1 on their 5-game homestand Olds will now be on the road for the next 4 games starting with a trip to Calgary (8-7-1-0) on Monday of next week.
Overall the Grizzlys are 7-6-2-0 and they sit in a 4th place tie in the South Division along with the Drumheller Dragons (7-7-2-0).
96.5 The Ranch had this conversation prior to the game with Dylan Olsen, Assistant Coach Olds Grizzlys.
The Ranch also spoke with Canmore Eagles Head Coach Andrew Milne before Wednesday’s contest.
