Saturday May 18, 2013



QUESTION OF THE WEEK

  • Whom do you consider Merritt's news leader?
  • Q101 Radio
  • 18%
  • Merritt News
  • 51%
  • Merritt Herald
  • 22%
  • Merritt Morning Market
  • 9%
  • Total Votes: 55





KIJHL Playoffs: Knights knot up series

The KIJHL playoff series between the Kamloops Storm and North Okanagan Knights is tied 2-2 after the Knights scored a 3-0 victory in Game 4 in Armstrong on Tuesday evening.

The Knights had won 3-2 on Monday.

Game 5 is scheduled for Thursday, 7 p.m., at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre. Game 6 will be in Armstrong on Friday, with Game 7, if necessary, to be played at the Sport Centre, likely on Saturday.

Princeton’s Cory Hochhausen and Bryce Koch scored second-period goals on Tuesday, and Mateja Leko iced it with a third-period score.

North Okanagan fired 39 shots on Storm goaltender Marcus Beesley.

Dustin Nikkel made 21 saves in the shutout.

On Monday, the Knights outshot the Storm 27-19 and went 2-for-12 on the power play.

Tanner Burns scored a power-play goal for North Okanagan at 9:52 of the first period, but Kamloops’ Tyler Jackson tied the game with a power-play goal of his own 1:35 later.

The Knights once again scored a power-play goal right near the middle of the second period, with Hochhausen doing the damage, and Jackson again had a reply — this time it was an even-strength goal 1:41 after the Knights’ goal.

Brett Hawrys broke the tie with 40 seconds remaining in the second period. Nikkel made 17 saves for the Knights, seven fewer than Beesley.


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