PENTICTON, British Columbia. – Sunday’s Wenatchee Wild game at the Penticton Vees was a milestone moment for veteran Kayden Longley, and he made sure to mark the occasion. Longley’s second-period marker was his first in a Wenatchee uniform, and it came in his 200^th Western Hockey League contest, a 6-2 Vees victory at South Okanagan Events Centre. Penticton ran its win streak to four in Sunday’s game, and pushed its record to 8-8-0-1 for the season. The Wild dropped to 6-9-1-0 with the loss, as they follow Sunday’s contest with a six-game East Division road swing through Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Roberts Naudins opened the scoring for the Vees, sweeping up a long rebound in front of the net 3:20 into the contest. Noel Pakarinen’s shot from the left point with 6:19 left in the period clipped a Wenatchee player on its way to the net, evading Carsten Leyerzapf and sending Penticton to the break with a 2-0 advantage. An Andrew Reyelts save and a shot block on the secondary effort early in the second helped Penticton extend its lead – Gavin Katz raced the puck down to the Wenatchee end before depositing it into the top corner of the cage 68 seconds into the stanza. A close call helped the Vees bump their lead to 4-0 with 7:18 left in the period – Callum Stone’s slap shot from the left point tipped off Noah Milford’s stick, which was right at crossbar height, and directly into the net for the marker. With 4:13 left in the second, Longley got his chance – Zane Torre picked Tucker Robertson’s pocket as he looked to bring the puck behind the net, and fed it out to Longley for a goal from the doorstep, cutting the deficit to 4-1. The Wild battled through much of the third to cut the lead, but two rapid goals from Penticton helped seal the result – Carter Cunningham’s one-timer from the left-wing dot hit the back of the net at 12:50 of the third, closing out a Vees power play and pushing the lead back to four. 37 seconds later, Stone walked the puck from the left-wing faceoff dot to the side of the net and dragged it around the post, stretching the lead to 6-1. Rui Han gave the Wild a high note on which to end, cutting the lead to 6-2 by driving the left wing before slinging a backhand chance between Reyelts’s legs and into the net with 1:23 to go. His goal was his second against Penticton in as many games this season. Stone led the Vees offense with a goal and two assists, while Reyelts earned his fifth win of the season with 10 saves. Penticton finished the night 1-for-4 on the power play, and the penalty-killing unit was perfect on three chances. Leyerzapf took the loss despite making 36 saves, as Torre earned his second primary assist in as many nights, and Ty Coupland highlighted the team’s efforts at the faceoff dot with a 6-for-8 mark. Tate Hardacre saw a three-game point streak come to an end. The first East Division matchup of the trip sees Wenatchee face off Wednesday against the Swift Current Broncos, with the opening puck drop at the Swift Current Innovationplex scheduled for 2 p.m. Wenatchee time – live radio coverage is available on Newsradio 560 KPQ. The club’s next home game is slated for Black Friday, when the Kelowna Rockets come to town to help the Wild kick off this year’s Les Schwab Community Toy Drive. Single-game tickets, group tickets and flex packages are on sale for each of Wenatchee’s upcoming home games during the 2026-27 Western Hockey League regular season. Game tickets and ticket packages can be purchased by phone at 509-888-7825, or in person through the Wild front office. Updated news and information on Wild hockey are always available through the team’s website and on the team’s social media platforms on Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube.