Ghostriders at home vs Golden Oct. 17

News Flash
The Ghostriders are expecting to have James Werner back in the lineup for this weekend. Werner has been on a five game run with the Quesnell Millionaires since leaving the Riders a few weeks ago. Werner who is from Chicago had 5 goals and 6 assists in five games before he left.

Saturday’s Game
This will be game two of a home and home with the Golden Rockets. Fernie plays in Golden Friday night so the Rockets get the advantage of not traveling late at night. The Rockets only played one game last weekend and that was a 6-1 win against the last place Rockies. For the record the Rockeis have only won one game, that was against Grand Forks. Spencer Pommells is the top Rocket scorer with 8 goals and 10 assists in 11 games. He is in fifth place in league scoring with 18 points right behind Rider Jesse Niemi with 19 points. The Rockets have played a few of the best squads in the league and have won games against the strong Kamloops Storm and Sicamous Eagles. Spencer Wong has a 7-1 record in net for the Rockets and Rocky Zinger is behind the bench, this will be his in his third season in Golden.

Notebook

All the best to Rider defenseman Mike Wiest who suffered a severe skate cut in Castlegar last Saturday that required surgery and at least a month or more of rest… Get well soon Mike…That game was bad news all around as the Rebels handed the Ghostriders their first regulation loss this season 3-0, two PP goals and one en goal…Goaltender Jason Greenwell is #2 in the league with a 8-2 record and a 1.56 GAA…Zach Fridella scored two goals last weekend in the 3-2 win over Kimberley, Zach was the first star in that game and so far has been named as a first star three times…The coaches Tim Hortons Player of the Week is # 27 Mitch Board… (in the photo) Brock Ward never got into the lineup very much and was traded to Creston for futures last week, he wore # 14 for the Riders…Ghostrider fans should see D-man Liam Gorges for the first time Saturday he played in Castlegar last week… Former Rider Josh McEwan was traded from Langley to Trail last week….Josh had a fight in his first Smoke Eater game and the blog writer and his coach thought he was great…