Rebels sweep Braves heading into play-offs
The Castlegar Rebels were in fine form in the final weekend heading into the KIJHL play-offs. The Rebs swept Spokane in a home and home series.
Saturday night the teams were in Spokane, where the Rebels won their final regular season game 5-2 over the Braves.
The Rebels pushed ahead to a 3-0 lead after the first period in Spokane with goals from Anthony Delong, Tyler Jones, and Scott Morisseau. The Braves got on the scoreboard at 12:25 of the second period with a goal from Guiseppe Dippolito.
Stuart Walton and Connor Bowen gave the Rebs leads of 4-1 and 5-1 late in the second period. Spokane's Thomas McNevin scored the last goal of the game at the four minute mark of the third period.
On Friday night, the Rebels crushed the Braves 12-2 in at the Castlegar Community Complex.
Rebel forward Scott Morisseau led all scorers with four goals and three assists, while Anthony Delong chipped in with a hat-trick and two assists. Other scorers for Castlegar were defenceman Tyler Jones with a pair, and Stuart Walton, Brenden Heinrich, and Tyler Robinson with singles.
Gil Givens and Uriah Machuga were the scorers for Spokane.
Connor Beauchamp was in net for Castlegar stopping 20 Brave shots.
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