Photo: Wayne Moore The West Kelowna Warriors picked a perfect time to put together their best 60 minutes of the season by far. In front of a sold-out crowd of 1,556, the Warriors snapped a three-game losing streak in commanding fashion, dominating the visiting Penticton Vees from the opening whistle to the final buzzer in a 3-0 victory. It was a far cry from embarrassing losses to Brooks and Vernon over the weekend, games in which they fell behind by four and never looked to be able to find their way back.
It was a 360 degree reversal Tuesday night, following a long day of watching and breaking down video Sunday. “We needed to go through it, we needed to go through the video and watch the video together as a team. Understood some areas we needed to clean up and took a pre-game skate which we haven’t done in three years,” said head coach Simon Ferguson.
“We made some adjustments and the guys really responded today and played the game we needed to play.” During their latest stretch in which they won just once in nine outings they let the game come to them on many occasions especially out of the gate and it showed as they fell behind multiple goals early. Tuesday, they took the game to the Vees from the opening faceoff.
“It’s just simple hockey, right. Sometimes you try and think and you create stuff that is unneeded. “I think we took what the game gave us tonight.
And, obviously got some real nice shots from Jackson for his first to start it.” Despite holding .
