聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽The Wawota Flyers, last year鈥檚 reigning champions - took an early lead in the best of seven, final series of Big Six Hockey against the Yellow Grass Wheat Kings 鈥� a new team to the league as of this year.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In the first game of the series, hosted in Wawota on Saturday, March 11, Wawota earned the win in a 5-4 victory.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Wheat Kings took an early lead with a goal in the first five minutes of play by Brendon Vertefeuille assisted by Troy Miller and Justin Richter. Shortly after that they earned a second goal this time by Miller assisted by Richter and Dylan Frey.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 With the game sitting at 2-0, the Flyers rallied together scoring two goals in the last four minutes of play: Rob West earned one off an assist by Riley Riddell and Brent Struble; then Taylor Ernst found the net with the help of Riddell and Struble again.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Heading into the second it was tied up. Lucas Hislop earned a goal quickly in the second with an assist by Devin Stewart. West then scored his second goal of the game off an assist by Struble and Ernst. The Wheat Kings; Corey Koski earned a goal answering back assisted by Frey and Kyle Mryglod. But the Flyers kept pushing and earned a third goal in the second period with Riddell finding the back of the net off an assist by Ernst.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Up 5-3 and headed into the third, the Wheat Kings pressed back with Jackson Schneider closing the gap on an assist from Matt Dreis.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Battling back and forth, it was Wawota, which came out on top.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Wawota played in Yellow Grass on Monday, March 13, but the game was played after The Observer鈥檚 deadline. Stay tuned for updates next week as Yellow Grass will be back in Wawota on Friday, March 17, for Game Three.
