Here is the full "Off the Glass" Column -not the BUTCHERED onethat was in the Fernie Free Press

The Ghostriders defeated the Columbia Valley Rockies 7-1 last Friday in a game that had the 787 fans sitting on the edge of their seats, the arena staff had just washed the bleachers. Not much push back from these guys as the Riders also outshot them 58-8 giving them their 40^th loss of the season.  A shorthanded Rider squad saw Connor McLaughlin, Brendan Burge and Ben Primeau each pick up 3 points while Chris Solecki, Ty Morton, Derek Georgopoulos, Dylan Robertson and Alex Milhouse all sat out with either injuries or the flu, Austin Evans also left in early in the first after a high stick in the teeth. Affiliate’s Matt McArthur and Jeff Rayman both suited up for the Riders. Rayman (15yrs) is pretty strong for someone that young and made a few hits while 16 year old Cranbrook Midget Ice Captain McArthur also made some nice defensive plays and both players picked up an assist.

On Saturday the Riders served notice with a 6-4 win in Kimberley that they want first place. It wasn’t easy as the boys had leads of 2-1 and 4-2 only to see the Nitro’s tie the game each time. Everything changed after a Dallin Wolf cheap shot on Marty Wicks resulted in a 5 minute major allowing the Ghostriders to score two goals for the win. Connor McLaughlin was the first star with 3 goals and a fight against Oli Dickson who is suppose to be their designated fighter but now fights scorers. Some numbers, there were 10 goals scored Saturday 7 were on the power play, Kimberley had 3 and the Ghostriders had 4, Brendon Mangone had 2 goals, Stefen Seel 3 assists and there were 2 fights (Robertson won his unanimously) and Fraser Abdallah got his 4^th win in front of 900 fans.

 And finally, we have been following the 100 Mile House “We want a team to move here” saga all season now  and the latest news is that they have achieved  their goal of selling 300 season’s tickets and have even picked their team colors for the upcoming season. All the KIJHL owners are in deny mode and are saying it’s not us that are moving North, but we think there’s a Pinocchio out there in  Disney Land.