The bantam AAA Norman Wolves got their first win of the season in their second crack at the Brandon What Kings on home ice Nov. 5, scoring the last three goals of the third period for a 5-3 win after losing 6-1 a day earlier.
Tazman Higgins got the game-winner 6:38 into the final period, giving his team a 4-3 lead with an even-strength marker. The goal came just 36 seconds after Chase Bertholet had tied the game 3-3 following a goal in the first minute of the period by Brandon's Darrien Perreault, which gave the Wheat Kings a 3-2 lead. Ian Snooks closed the scoring for the Wolves with an empty net goal 68 seconds before the end of the game to cement the victory.
Bertholet's tying goal was his second of the game. He also opened the scoring about midway through the first period. Keilan Holland made it a 2-0 Wolves lead early in the second period before Deniz Ntelioglou scored back-to-back goals for Brandon less than two minutes apart to tie the score 2-2.
Carter Anderson finished the game with three assists for Norman, while Justin Lies and Tyler Bird each set up a pair of goals.
Odin Church stopped 17 shots in net for the win as his team outshot their opponents 34-20.
Cheechoo Lathlin had the only goal for the Wolves Nov. 4 on a third period power play to make the score 5-1 for Brandon. Nolan Wallace and Braden Keeble each had a pair of goals for the Wheat Kings with Dalton Andrew and Brandon Wasylyk-Hardy had singles.
Brandon scored once in each of the first two periods before scoring four goals – two on the power play – in the third period. Shots in the game were 33-20 for the Wheat Kings and Hayden Linklater made 27 saves for the Wolves in the loss.
