The Penticton Vees were unable to complete a third period comeback falling to the Kamloops Blazers 5-2 at the SOEC on Friday night. 

The Vees fall to 29-10-4-3 on the season with the loss and see their winning streak halted at 14 games. 

The Blazers struck twice in the first period. First, on the powerplay on a deflection from Josh Evaschesen and then Ty Bonkowski scored on a rebound to make it 2-0 heading into the first intermission. 

Kamloops would add to their lead in the second period as Evaschesen batted home his second goal of the night to make it 3-0 after 40 minutes. 

The Vees battled back in the third period. 

Matteo Danis collected a rebound and potted it home for his 20th of the season to make the score 3-1 at 5:10.

Then, with the goaltender pulled, Ethan Weber extended his point streak to eight games burying a shot off a scramble in front of the net to make it 3-2 with 2:12 remaining. 

The Vees had some extended pressure looking for the equalizer but Kamloops was able to strike twice into the empty net to make the final 5-2. 

 

 

GAME STATS

Shots:

Vees- 49

Blazers- 25

 

Scoring:

Vees- Matteo Danis, Ethan Weber

Blazers- Josh Evaschesen (2), Ty Bonkowski, Nathan Behm, Isa Guram

 

Power Plays:

Vees- 0/2

Blazers- 1/1

 

Goaltending:

Vees- Ethan McCallum – 20/23

Blazers- Logan Edmonstone – 47/49

 

Up Next: The Vees are right back at it Saturday night when they host the Portland Winterhawks for a 6:00PM puck drop at the SOEC.