Vees capitalize on penalties

The Penticton Vees made easy work of an undisciplined Cowichan Valley Capitals Saturday night at the South Okanagan Events Centre during a 4 - 1 win.

Cowichan opened scoring with what would be their only goal of the game on a shorthanded breakaway as Paul Selleck beat Derek Krall through the five hole. The Vees went 0-for-4 on the power play in the first, but went into the intermission tied.

The Capitals began to get into penalty trouble in the second, and Eric Linell made them pay the first time by scoring his first as a Vee.

Another two powerplay goals would come in quick succession from James Miller and David Silye.

Late in the third period is where the Capitals began to implode. Off a face-off in the Cowichan zone, three Vees players were jumped as all the Capitals players dropped their gloves to try and start fights. No Vees retaliated and the end result was a seven-minute power play for the Vees.

Shortly after that began, the Capitals were called for a blow to the head minor giving the Vees another full two-minute 5-on-3 power play. While they didn’t score, the Capitals bench continued to grow smaller and smaller as players were ejected.

With under a minute to go in the game, Preston Broadziak slashed Peter Muzyka as he skated by the Capitals bench, resulting in another ejection. Cowichan had five players remaining on the bench at the end of the game.

The Vees move to 7-4-1 with the win and now head to West Kelowna for the season’s first game with the Warriors Friday before returning home to play the Chilliwack Chiefs on Saturday.