The Clippers got down 3-0 in the first period and couldn't ever recover in a 6-3 loss to the Warriors. (Gary Dorland)

By Dan Marshall

Slow Start

Clippers overpowered 6-3 by high flying Warriors

Feb 3, 2024 | 3:30 AM

NANAIMO — The Clippers honoured their alumni and 2004 Fred Page Cup winning team before their game against West Kelowna but ended up on the wrong side of a 6-3 score.

In the first period the Warriors scored three goals and never looked back. A pair by Michael Salandra and the first BCHL tally for Sean Keohane put Nanaimo in a deep hole.

The Clippers pushed back in the second period with goals from Sam Boisvert and Connor DeTurris but before the intermission break markers from Callum Hughes and Simon Houge built the West Kelowna advantage back up to three.

Both teams scored in the final period as Andrew Brown notched a power play goal for Nanaimo and captain Brennan Nelson scored into an empty net for the Warriors.

The final shots were 32-25 for West Kelowna and on special teams the Clippers were 1/3 on the power play and 1/1 on the penalty kill.

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Nanaimo now has a 4-3-1 record against Interior Division opponents with a road game in Vernon the only non-conference game the rest of the season.

The Clippers will turn their attention to a home date against the Powell River Kings on Feb. 3, looking to snap a two game losing streak.

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