Buccaneers pound Cougars, win 5-1
NANAIMO — It was a statement 5-1 victory for the Buccaneers (14-12) over the Victoria Cougars (18-6-0-3) on Saturday night at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
The city’s VIJHL team scored four unanswered goals in the second and third periods to soundly defeat one of league’s top squads. Nanaimo returned the favour on the back half of a home-and-home series, after the Cougars downed Nanaimo 6-2 on Thursday night in Esquimalt.
“To show up today is the sign of a good team,” said Bucs’ head coach Dan Lemmon. “You’re not going to win every game, it’s how you battle back. I thought we were physical, we played Bucs’ hockey for 60-minutes and it showed on the scoreboard.”
Danny Pion, Chad Bell, Cole Broadhurst, Cam Nickerson and Trent Bell all put the puck past Cougars’ netminder Anthony Ciurro. Former Buccaneer Owen Dalman managed the lone goal for the visitors.