The Fernie Ghostriders saw their playoff rally end Friday night with a 2–1 loss to the Kimberley Dynamiters in Game 5 at the Kimberley Civic Centre, closing out the Eddie Mountain Division final.

The result gives Kimberley the series, four games to one, and sends the Dynamiters on to the next round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs.

Fernie pushed it as far as they could.

Facing elimination, the Ghostriders earned a hard-fought overtime win in Game 4 on home ice to extend the series. They carried that momentum into Kimberley, but once again the margin was razor thin. A single goal separated the teams—just as it had in back-to-back overtime games in Fernie.

That’s how this series settled in. Kimberley controlled the opening games at home. Fernie responded in its own building. Game 5 returned to Kimberley and followed the same script: tight, structured, and decided by one.

For the Ghostriders, it ends a season that refused to go quietly.

They battled back on home ice, got key performances from Kael Svenson in goal, and forced the series deeper than it looked just days earlier. There was no collapse, no easy exit—just a team that kept pushing until there was nothing left to give.

Kimberley advances. Fernie steps off.

And in a series defined by narrow margins, the Ghostriders did exactly what you ask of a playoff team—they made it a fight.

Thank you, Riders.