Goaltender Ben Delisi and the Cariboo Cougars kept the Vancouver Northwest Hawks from taking flight.
In a BC Elite Hockey League game played Sunday at Kin 1, Delisi stopped all 28 shots he faced in a 4-0 Cariboo victory. The win gave the U17 Cougars a weekend split with the Hawks, who skated to a 4-2 decision on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Cougars led 1-0 after the first period and then broke the contest open with three goals in the second. Parker White scored twice for the Cats, while Isaiah Bagri and Logan Hauk had the other goals. Two of the four came on Cariboo power plays.
Losing goaltender Nicholas Mayne faced 33 shots.
In Saturday’s opener, the Hawks took a 3-2 lead on a third-period power-play goal by Liam Hoff and then got a late insurance marker from Baden Pazdzierski.
After a scoreless first period, the Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the second on goals by Liam Payne and Tristan Payne. The Cougars, however, fought right back when Carter Boomer and Hauk found the back of the Vancouver Northwest net.
Joshua Ravensbergen was the winning goaltender and Brady MacKay took the loss.
In the division standings, the fifth-place Hawks now sit at 14-10-0-0. The Cougars, in seventh-place in the 10-team division, have a record of 12-11-0-1.
The next scheduled games for the Cougars are Feb. 5-6 in Richmond against the second-place Greater Vancouver Canadians (20-7-1-0).