The Ghostriders played a three game home stand last weekend, they lost 6-4 to the Rockies, rebounded back with a 7-3 win over the Nitehawks Saturday, and then lost 7-0 to Grand Forks Sunday.

On Friday against the first place Rockies the Riders got off to a great start and had a 2-1ead on a pair of Ethan MacDuff goals but by the end of the second period they were losing 3-2. In the third the Rockies made it 4-2 but Cole Fournier and Kort Kisinger scored two quick goals and tied the game. Then the wheels fell off and the Rockies’ scored twice and Anthony Domina’s second goal of the game proved to be the game winner.

On Saturday against the Nitehawks the game was tied at three after two periods but in the third the Riders scored four times and earned a much needed 7-3 win. Colton Hanson was in net and recently converted from forward D man RylanCardinal scored two goals, his first two of the season and the second one was the game winner. Scott Sinclair, Dayton Nelson, Ethan MacDuff, Kaden Slobodian and Jack Karpyshyn each added singles.

The standings after the weekend:

On Sunday with the flu running through the team they were down to sixteen skaters including sixteen year old AP Josh Kallies, and many of them were sick. They were no match for the Bruins. Kallies, from Sparwood, has been practicing and playing games with the Riders in the hopes that he will develop and play a regular shift next season.

The next Riders home game is November 19th against Nelson.

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