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Hockey Flames remain in 4th place

THE NSWC Flames had to settle for a split in their back-to-back games with the Hastings Express, bowling 6-3 at Hastings on Dec. 5 and then clobbering the Express 12-3 at home Dec, 10 to remain in fourth place, four points behind Hastings in West Coast Junior Hockey League standings.

In one of the enigmas of the season neither Hastings nor the Flames has been able to play well on the other’s ice.

And true to form that was the case for the Flames in their 6-3 loss to the Express on Monday.

Hastings led 1-0 after one period, 3-2 after two, and then

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outscored the Flames 3-1 in the third period for the 6-3 final.

Brad Kyllo and John Cex pro- duced the Flames’ only goals of the night — Kyllo scoring a short- handed goal midway through the second period, then Cox tallying his first of two in the period’s dy- ing seconds and adding his second goal of the night midway through the third.

Flames’ goaltender Gary Knight had a busy night facing 45 Express shots while his team managed only 24 at the opposition.

But it was a different story at the Winter Club on Saturday.

And it was a red hot Ken Savage who set a blisteriag pace with a hat

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trick and six assists in the Flames’ 12-3 pounding of the Express.

The Flames !ed 2-0 after one with Kyllo scoring seven minutes into the game from Rich Haldane and Andrew Merilees, and then Kyle Hannay scoring from Jason Loewen at the 12:45 mark.

The two teams traded goals early in the second period, Hastings get- ting on the scoreboard with a power-play goal at 3:10 and then Kyllo restoring the two goal lead for the team with his second goal of the night just over a minute later.

Hannay’s second goal of the game at !2:17 proved to be the game winner.

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Upon returning to the ice at the conclusion of a penalty, Hannay picked up a clearing pass deep in Hastings’ territory and took it in for the score to give the Flames a 41 lead.

Kevin Buhr closed out scoring in the period with a pair of goals 18 seconds apart — the first at 18:51 and the second at 19:09 — with Savage and McLaughlin drawing assists on both goals.

After the Express added their second goal of the game just 30 se- conds into the final frame, McLaughlin restored the Flames’ five-goal lead with a power-play goal at 7:03.

Hastings made it 7-3 at tise 10:00

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minute mark before Savage replied with a natural hat trick in a four minute span, scoring shorthanded at 13:20 and then tallying even strength goais at 15:26 and 17:35.

Cox made it 11-3 at 18:13 and then Brad Minions closed out the scoring with only seven seconds remaining for the 12-3 final.

The Flames outshot the Express 44-37 with Kevin Radbourne turn- ing in a solid performance in goal for the Flames.

On Dec. 17 at the Winter Club, the Flames host the first place Ab- botsford Pilots and then travel to Seattle on Dec, 18 for their final game before the Christmas holi- days.

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