The West Âé¶čAV Warriors continue their BCHL exhibition schedule Wednedsay night at Pentictonâs South Okanagan Events Centre. Face off against the Vees is 7 p.m.
Rylan Fersterâs Warriors opened their preseason last Wednesday at home with a 6-3 loss to the Vees.
West Âé¶čAV then rebounded for a home-and-home sweep of the Merritt Centennials. On Friday at Royal LePage Place, defenceman Jake Harrison scored two of the Warriorsâ third period goals on the way to a 4-3 win over the Cents.
Veterans Chase Dubois and Parm Dhaliwal, and newcomer Matt Kowalski each had two points in the win. Billy Girard and Carlos Siso combined for 28 saves in the Warriorsâ net.
On Saturday in Merritt, Nick Amundrud turned aside 27 shots in 5-1 Warriorsâ victory.
Rookie Willie Reim scored his second goal in as many nights for West Âé¶čAV, while Tyler Jutting, RJ Murphy and captain Jared Marino added singles.
The Warriors will close out their preseason with two games this weekend against SilverbacksâFriday in Salmon Arm and Saturday at Royal LePage.
The Warrriors will kick off the BCHL regular season with a home-and-home set against the Trail Smoke Eaters. The teams will face off Friday, Sept. 8 in Trail, then again the following night in West Âé¶čAV.
Morency tradedâŠ
The Warriors this week dealt goaltender Gabriel Morency (â98) to the College Français de Longueuil of the Quebec Junior Hockey League in exchange for future considerations.
Morency, 19, was added by the Warriors on the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) trading deadline last January after his release from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey Leagueâs Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. In 12 games played with the Warriors in 2016-17, Morency posted a 5-4 record with a 3.36 GAA and a .905 save percentage.
Prior to his time in West Âé¶čAV, the Quebec, Quebec played in 11 games with the Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL before being traded to the Armada, but didnât appear in any game action before his release from the club.
âWith the way our goaltending situation is playing out, it was unfortunately Gabriel who was the odd man out,â said Warriors head coach and general manager Rylan Ferster. âWeâd like to wish him the best as he moves on in his junior hockey career.â
