What began as a low-scoring, evenly paced matchup turned into a third-period blowout, as the Smithers Steelheads overpowered the Kitimat Ice Demons 8–1 on Nov. 15 at Tamitik Arena.<\/p>\n
Smithers broke the deadlock late in the first period when Dylan Oud opened the scoring at 12:04, assisted by Kaleb Roy and Kevin Fillier. The Ice Demons held the visitors to a single goal through the rest of the frame, but pressure continued to build in the second.<\/p>\n
Drew Stevens doubled the lead at 13:28 of the second, and with one second left in the period, Ian Chrystal capitalized on a power play to make it 3–0. The goal came after Kitimat’s Adam Cabral was handed a five-minute boarding penalty and game misconduct at 18:00, giving Smithers an extended man advantage that carried into the third.<\/p>\n
From there, the game tilted sharply in the Steelheads’ favour.<\/p>\n
Just over a minute into the final frame, Riley Coish made it 4–0. Moments later, a string of penalties assessed to Wil DeJong—including spearing, instigating, fighting and a game misconduct—set the stage for back-to-back power-play goals from Ryan Green and Levi Olson, pushing the lead to 6–0.<\/p>\n
Kitimat’s lone goal came midway through the period, as captain Derek Wakita scored on the power play at 11:23, assisted by Maddox Medeiros and Ayden Baldo.<\/p>\n
Smithers responded with two more goals to close out the game—Kodi Schwarz at 14:53 and Chrystal’s second of the night at 18:36.<\/p>\n
The game grew increasingly aggressive as it wore on. Kitimat finished with 71 minutes in penalties, while Smithers racked up 68 of their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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