Saturday, 30 September 2017
It's Game Day! Kimberley Dynamiters vs Golden Rockets
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| Kimberley Dynamiters | vs | Golden Rockets |
| 5-1-0-0 | Record | 1-5-1-0 |
| 10 | Points | 3 |
| 1st | Division Standing | 5th |
| 2-0-0-0 | Home/Away | 0-2-1-0 |
| 4.00 | Offence (GFA) | 1.71 |
| 2.67 | Defence (GAA) | 3.00 |
| 0.911 | Goaltending (SV%) | 0.902 |
| 18.42 | Power Play | 12.50 |
| 90.70 | Penalty Kill | 90.48 |
| NR | Power Ranking | NR |
| W2 | Streak | L4 |
| 5-1-0-0 | Last 10 | 1-5-1-0 |
| Chase Gedney (3G-3A) | Top Scorer | Ryley Bast (1G-5A) |
| Matt Davies (3G-3A) | 2nd Top Scorer | Nick Runnalls (4G-1A) |
| James Farmer (3G-2A) | 3rd Top Scorer | Ryan Partaker (2G-1A) |
| Cody Campbell (2.54) | Top GSAA | Colton Iwaschuk (2.52) |
| Brant Mack (31) | PIM Leader | Ryan Taylor (58) |
Friday, 29 September 2017
It's Game Day! Kimberley Dynamiters vs Castlegar Rebels
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| Kimberley Dynamiters | vs | Castlegar Rebels |
| 4-1-0-0 | Record | 3-1-0-0-1 |
| 8 | Points | 6 |
| 1st | Division Standing | T-4th |
| 4.20 | Offence (GFA) | 4.40 |
| 2.80 | Defence (GAA) | 2.40 |
| 0.904 | Goaltending (SV%) | 0.903 |
| 17.24 | Power Play | 16.67 |
| 88.57 | Penalty Kill | 87.88 |
| NR | Power Ranking | NR |
| W1 | Streak | L1 |
| 4-1-0-0 | Last 10 | 3-1-0-0-1 |
| Matt Davies (3G-3A) | Top Scorer | John Moeller (5G-5A) |
| James Farmer (3G-2A) | 2nd Top Scorer | Shawn Campbell (4G-4A) |
| Mason Palaga (3G-2A) | 3rd Top Scorer | Chris Breese (2G-6A) |
| Brant Mack (31) | PIM Leader | Evan Della-Paolera (25) |
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Kimberley Dynamiters prepare for home games against Castlegar and Golden
The Kimberley Dynamiters have not played a home game since the home opener on September 8th, and are finally returning home after four road games. They return home in first place in the Eddie Mountain division with eight points, only losing one road game.
Up first is the Castlegar Rebels (3-1-0-0-1) who sit fourth in the Neil Murdoch division with six points. This will be the first of three meetings between the Rebels and Dynamiters. Nitro's head coach and general manager Derek Stuart is keenly aware that the Rebels have two of the top players in the Kootenay Conference in John Moeller (5G-5A) and Ed Lindsey (2G-6A), but says that the team will not change their style and just play Nitro's hockey.
"We are just going to focus on playing our style of hockey and see if our opponents keep up or not." Stuart said, "We still need to get our identity, we need to worry about ourselves."
That approach may be beneficial for the Nitro's, because the Rebels roster appears to have more than two scoring threats as forward Shawn Campbell and defender Vince Bitoni have emerged early as more than a point-per-game players.
Next up is the Golden Rockets (1-4-1-0) on Saturday, a team that the Nitro's beat 5-2 in Golden last weekend. Stuart is optimistic that the team has learned their lesson to not take a team lightly after beating them, which happened against the Columbia Valley Rockies.
"We are going to prepare the same way we did last Saturday [against Golden]. If the players don't respond or are not prepared, or take Golden lightly, it is a clear indicator that they have not learned their lesson from the Columbia Valley game and we have some work to do.
But he added, "I trust the guys, I believe their response to Golden [last week] showed that they have learned their lesson."
Most of all, the Dynamiters are just excited to be back home playing in their own barn where they can use their speed on a larger ice surface.
"We try and tailor a team that fits our home ice more than anything else. I really liked the use of our speed in three of our four road games.
"To be able to use that on a bigger ice surface, should be to our advantage - but we need to do that first, to make it an advantage."
Friday's game against Castlegar starts at 7:30pm at the Civic Centre, and then puck drop is 7:30 on Saturday versus Golden.
Up first is the Castlegar Rebels (3-1-0-0-1) who sit fourth in the Neil Murdoch division with six points. This will be the first of three meetings between the Rebels and Dynamiters. Nitro's head coach and general manager Derek Stuart is keenly aware that the Rebels have two of the top players in the Kootenay Conference in John Moeller (5G-5A) and Ed Lindsey (2G-6A), but says that the team will not change their style and just play Nitro's hockey.
"We are just going to focus on playing our style of hockey and see if our opponents keep up or not." Stuart said, "We still need to get our identity, we need to worry about ourselves."
That approach may be beneficial for the Nitro's, because the Rebels roster appears to have more than two scoring threats as forward Shawn Campbell and defender Vince Bitoni have emerged early as more than a point-per-game players.
Next up is the Golden Rockets (1-4-1-0) on Saturday, a team that the Nitro's beat 5-2 in Golden last weekend. Stuart is optimistic that the team has learned their lesson to not take a team lightly after beating them, which happened against the Columbia Valley Rockies.
"We are going to prepare the same way we did last Saturday [against Golden]. If the players don't respond or are not prepared, or take Golden lightly, it is a clear indicator that they have not learned their lesson from the Columbia Valley game and we have some work to do.
But he added, "I trust the guys, I believe their response to Golden [last week] showed that they have learned their lesson."
Most of all, the Dynamiters are just excited to be back home playing in their own barn where they can use their speed on a larger ice surface.
"We try and tailor a team that fits our home ice more than anything else. I really liked the use of our speed in three of our four road games.
"To be able to use that on a bigger ice surface, should be to our advantage - but we need to do that first, to make it an advantage."
Friday's game against Castlegar starts at 7:30pm at the Civic Centre, and then puck drop is 7:30 on Saturday versus Golden.
Monday, 25 September 2017
The Kimberley Dynamiters learn an early lesson after first loss, splitting weekend games
The Kimberley Dynamiters early season undefeated streak came to an end this past weekend as they crumbled under the Columbia Valley Rockies and downed the Golden Rockets.
Heading into Friday's game in Invermere, the Nitro's were one of three teams that had yet to lose early in the season, and that may have given the Nitro's a large ego.
"It was a lack of preparation," head coach and general manager Derek Stuart said, "and probably a bit of arrogance and cockiness, thinking that we can just show up and win."
The Rockies capitalized quickly on the Nitro's ego and lack of preparation, scoring two power play goals in the first five minutes. The Nitro's were able to stop the bleeding for the remainder of the period.
It was a relentless attack by the Rockies, as they scored another two goals in the middle frame to take a commanding 4-0 lead after 40 minutes.
"There were a lot of bad decisions with the puck, that led to turnovers." Stuart said. "Plus a lack of toughness in our slot in our zone. They out worked us, out hit us, out skated us, they kicked our assess all night long."
In the third period, the Nitro's traded goals with the Rockies, as Brett Roberts and Matt Davies scored. Finally the nightmare came to an end, and the Rockies won 6-2. Interesting fact, the Rockies now have a 5-4-1 home record against the Nitro's in the months of September and October since 2013.
Adam Andersen was in net and did what he could, making 33 saves to prevent the blowout from growing, and according to Stuart, it wouldn't have mattered who was in net, they still would have lost.
The only positive from the game that Stuart could find was James Rota. Rota had played is first game on offence since making the permanent shift from defence to forward, and earned an assist.
But then Stuart added that he was glad the team lost the way they did.
"The loss was actually a good thing. You have to prepare for everybody, the loss was an eye-opener. It was a good thing that we lost, and we think the boys learned from it."
It was apparent that the Nitro's did learn their lesson, as they came out soaring against the Golden Rockets on Saturday. They fired an astounding 18 shots on net.
"They were prepared to go." Stuart said. "They were ready to play Dynamiter hockey regardless of the opponent."
James Farmer got the Dynamiters on the board shortly after the midway point of the first. One would have hoped that with so many shots, there would have been more goals.
Stuart said he had to drill a message into the players during the first intermission, "We are just trying to focus on our actions and not the results, our actions were excellent in the first."
The Rockets then derailed the Nitro's as they were able to sneak in their first goal, and then mere seconds later, the Rockets took a 2-1 lead.
"We didn't react well to the first goal, being scored on shortly after." Stuart said, "Three or four shifts later they seemed to forget about it and resumed with the game plan."
On that fourth shift, the teams top line of the game, stocked with rookies: Austin Lawson, Cam Russell, and Brock Palmer; scored a short-handed goal to tie the game at two.
In the third, the Dynamiters just kept going, kept to their game plan. Davies and Farmer were able to show off their skills as they both completed two different two-on-one's to give the Nitro's a 4-2 lead.
Brandt Bertoia would then force his way through Rockets defenders as the period drew to an end to score an empty-net short-handed goal.
"It was good to see Brandt get a goal," Stuart said, "he had been working hard, he deserved to get rewarded with a goal in the statistics column."
Cody Campbell made 27 saves for his second win of the season. But for Stuart, it was Tyler Van Steinburg, who played a stable game, that was the star of the game.
"He was excellent, I thought he was the best player on the ice. Nothing super flashy. He didn't make any mistakes and made the right decision, excellent with the puck."
Even though the Nitro's lost their first game of the season, they still sit on top of the Eddie Mountain Division with eight points, two ahead of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. But most of all, they learned an important lesson to prepare for every opponent.
Heading into Friday's game in Invermere, the Nitro's were one of three teams that had yet to lose early in the season, and that may have given the Nitro's a large ego.
"It was a lack of preparation," head coach and general manager Derek Stuart said, "and probably a bit of arrogance and cockiness, thinking that we can just show up and win."
The Rockies capitalized quickly on the Nitro's ego and lack of preparation, scoring two power play goals in the first five minutes. The Nitro's were able to stop the bleeding for the remainder of the period.
It was a relentless attack by the Rockies, as they scored another two goals in the middle frame to take a commanding 4-0 lead after 40 minutes.
"There were a lot of bad decisions with the puck, that led to turnovers." Stuart said. "Plus a lack of toughness in our slot in our zone. They out worked us, out hit us, out skated us, they kicked our assess all night long."
In the third period, the Nitro's traded goals with the Rockies, as Brett Roberts and Matt Davies scored. Finally the nightmare came to an end, and the Rockies won 6-2. Interesting fact, the Rockies now have a 5-4-1 home record against the Nitro's in the months of September and October since 2013.
Adam Andersen was in net and did what he could, making 33 saves to prevent the blowout from growing, and according to Stuart, it wouldn't have mattered who was in net, they still would have lost.
The only positive from the game that Stuart could find was James Rota. Rota had played is first game on offence since making the permanent shift from defence to forward, and earned an assist.
But then Stuart added that he was glad the team lost the way they did.
"The loss was actually a good thing. You have to prepare for everybody, the loss was an eye-opener. It was a good thing that we lost, and we think the boys learned from it."
It was apparent that the Nitro's did learn their lesson, as they came out soaring against the Golden Rockets on Saturday. They fired an astounding 18 shots on net.
"They were prepared to go." Stuart said. "They were ready to play Dynamiter hockey regardless of the opponent."
James Farmer got the Dynamiters on the board shortly after the midway point of the first. One would have hoped that with so many shots, there would have been more goals.
Stuart said he had to drill a message into the players during the first intermission, "We are just trying to focus on our actions and not the results, our actions were excellent in the first."
The Rockets then derailed the Nitro's as they were able to sneak in their first goal, and then mere seconds later, the Rockets took a 2-1 lead.
"We didn't react well to the first goal, being scored on shortly after." Stuart said, "Three or four shifts later they seemed to forget about it and resumed with the game plan."
On that fourth shift, the teams top line of the game, stocked with rookies: Austin Lawson, Cam Russell, and Brock Palmer; scored a short-handed goal to tie the game at two.
In the third, the Dynamiters just kept going, kept to their game plan. Davies and Farmer were able to show off their skills as they both completed two different two-on-one's to give the Nitro's a 4-2 lead.
Brandt Bertoia would then force his way through Rockets defenders as the period drew to an end to score an empty-net short-handed goal.
"It was good to see Brandt get a goal," Stuart said, "he had been working hard, he deserved to get rewarded with a goal in the statistics column."
Cody Campbell made 27 saves for his second win of the season. But for Stuart, it was Tyler Van Steinburg, who played a stable game, that was the star of the game.
"He was excellent, I thought he was the best player on the ice. Nothing super flashy. He didn't make any mistakes and made the right decision, excellent with the puck."
Even though the Nitro's lost their first game of the season, they still sit on top of the Eddie Mountain Division with eight points, two ahead of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. But most of all, they learned an important lesson to prepare for every opponent.
Saturday, 23 September 2017
It's Game Day! Kimberley Dynamiters at Golden Rockets
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| Kimberley Dynamiters | vs | Golden Rockets |
| 3-1-0-0 | Record | 1-3-1-0 |
| 6 | Points | 3 |
| T-1st | Division Standing | T-3rd |
| 4.00 | Offence (GFA) | 1.80 |
| 3.00 | Defence (GAA) | 2.60 |
| 0.897 | Goaltending (SV%) | 0.906 |
| 17.86 | Power Play | 12.00 |
| 90.00 | Penalty Kill | 87.50 |
| NR | Power Ranking | NR |
| L1 | Streak | L2 |
| 3-1-0-0 | Last 10 | 1-3-1-0 |
| Mason Palaga (3G-2A) | Top Scorer | Ryley Bast (1G-3A) |
| Matt Davies (2G-3A) | 2nd Top Scorer | Ryan Partaker (2G-1A) |
| Brett Roberts (1G-4A) | 3rd Top Scorer | Levi Lambert (1G-2A) |
| Brant Mack (39) | PIM Leader | Ryan Taylor (56) |
Friday, 22 September 2017
Kimberley Dynamiters take undefeated streak on the road
The Kimberley Dynamiters hit the road this weekend, taking their undefeated streak to start the season on the road. On Friday the Nitro's travel to Invermere to faceoff against the Columbia Valley Rockies, then the next day they head further north to play the Golden Rockets.
The Nitro's have faced the Rockies already this season winning 6-1 at the season home opener. Since then, the Rockies have been winless in five, earning one point in a tie. Better believe the Rockies will be looking for revenge in their own barn against the Nitro's. In season's past, September and October games against the Rockies in Invermere have been struggles. During just those two months since 2013 the Nitro's have gone 4-4-1 in Invermere, and one of those wins was in extra time.
On Saturday, the Dynamiters take on the recently rebranded Rockets, who have three points to their name with one default win and a tie. This will be the first meeting of eight between these two squads. While the Nitro's have had success in Golden, they have at times struggled to get going because they haven't been able to feed off the energy of the crowd, which may be different now as the Rockets have been attracting crowds of 200.
Friday's game starts at 7:30pm at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arean in Invermere, and Saturday's match is at the Golden Arena at 7:30pm.
The Nitro's have faced the Rockies already this season winning 6-1 at the season home opener. Since then, the Rockies have been winless in five, earning one point in a tie. Better believe the Rockies will be looking for revenge in their own barn against the Nitro's. In season's past, September and October games against the Rockies in Invermere have been struggles. During just those two months since 2013 the Nitro's have gone 4-4-1 in Invermere, and one of those wins was in extra time.
On Saturday, the Dynamiters take on the recently rebranded Rockets, who have three points to their name with one default win and a tie. This will be the first meeting of eight between these two squads. While the Nitro's have had success in Golden, they have at times struggled to get going because they haven't been able to feed off the energy of the crowd, which may be different now as the Rockets have been attracting crowds of 200.
Friday's game starts at 7:30pm at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arean in Invermere, and Saturday's match is at the Golden Arena at 7:30pm.
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