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West Kelowna Warriors made it sixth in a row, edging past Wenatchee 4-3 Friday

Warriors earn US sweep

The West Kelowna Warriors continued their team record-setting start to the BC Hockey League season.

The Warriors became the first team in the BCHL to hit 10 wins, as they hung on for a 4-3 victory over the Wenatchee Wild Friday night.

The win completed a sweep of back-to-back games south of the border, and increased their overall winning streak to six.

Tyler Cristall paced the Warriors attack with a pair of goals, his ninth and 10th on the season. Defenceman Tyler Rubin and Felix Trudeau also scored for the Warriors.

Cade Littler had all three for the Wild.

Cristall's outburst gives him goals in six straight while also extending his point streak to 10.

Cristall opened the scoring on a Warriors power play. He took a backdoor pass from Marcus Joughin, faked the one timer, then loaded up a wrist shot from the top of the right circle that beat Tyler Shea cleanly to the top corner.

He made it 2-0 with his second of the opening period, deflecting home a Nick Ardenaz shot from the point with just 6.4 seconds left in the period.

Rubin notched his second early in the middle frame when his slap shot from inside the left point found the mark.

LIttler cut into the lead on a two man advantage, but moments later on the same power play, Alexi Van Houtte-Cachero intercepted a pass inside the Warriors end and chipped the puck off the board to a streaking Trudeau.

Trudeau broke in all alone and batted home his own rebound to restore the three goal lead.

Littler, with shorthanded and power play goals in the third brought the Wild to within a goal, but Justin Katz slammed the door the rest of the way, preserving the one-goal victory.

Katz turned aside 26 shots to earn his second win of the season.

The Warriors will complete a busy week Saturday night when they return home to Royal LePage Place to face the Vernon Vipers.



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