Islanders ride hot start to sink Buccaneers 5-4
NANAIMO — Maybe it was just an off night, or maybe they took the Kerry Park Islanders lightly — either way, the Nanaimo Buccaneers six-game winning streak is over.
A resurgence in the game’s second-half wasn’t enough as the Bucs (25-14) dropped a 5-4 decision to the Islanders (16-22-1-1) Thursday night at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
Nanaimo fell behind 4-0, then clawed all the way back to tie the game up in the third period, before allowing a late goal against the flow of play.
“You look at how many posts we hit, it could have been a different game,” said Bucs’ head coach Dan Lemmon. “Well played by Kerry Park, they came out in the first 20 and handed us our ass,” Lemmon bluntly told reporters outside the Bucs’ locker room after the game.