The Beaver Valley Nitehawks made their lone game of the weekend count, skating to a 4-2 victory over the Fernie Ghostriders on Saturday.
Beaver Valley opened the scoring at 8:01 of the first period when Julian Knelsen found the back of the net, with David Ross and Casin Ward picking up the assists.
Fernie tied the game early in the second on a goal from Ethan Watkins, but the Nitehawks answered just over three minutes later.
Jackson Rendall restored Beaver Valley’s lead with a power-play goal at 5:23 before Crimson Chittick added another goal with the man advantage at 17:41, giving the Nitehawks a 3-1 lead heading into the third.
The Ghostriders pulled within one just 1:24 into the final period when Carter Singleton scored, but Beaver Valley held off the comeback attempt.
Brock Robertson sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with three seconds remaining.
Nitehawks goaltender Kayd Mercier stopped 31 of 33 shots to earn the win, while Fernie’s Kael Svenson turned aside 26 of 29 shots.
Beaver Valley finished two-for-five on the power play and killed off all four Fernie opportunities.
The 4-2 victory was Beaver Valley’s only game of the weekend.
The Nitehawks head to Grand Forks on Tuesday to take on the Border Bruins.
