Thursday 16 March 2017

Kimberley Dynamiters prepare to face familiar opponent in Kootenay Conference Finals

The opponent in the Conference finals is a familiar foe, the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The past three seasons these two teams have met in the Kootenay Conference finals. The difference this year is that it is a best-of-five series instead of a best-of-seven.

Stuart wants his team to rest, but also doesn’t want to lose any momentum heading into the series Friday.

“Try to pick up where we left off; I think that our game six against Creston was our best game of the playoffs thus far.”

“Our guys understand what the level of play has to be, the compete and work ethic have to be there.”
The Nitehawks are a complete team, and a team that Stuart has wanted to emulate all-season long because they play a full 60-minutes of hockey.

Beaver Valley has swept their previous two series, first taming the Border Bruins, and then trimming the Leafs.

As a result, the Nitehawks have 10 players in their lineup that average nearly a point-per-game or more. Their goalie, Tallon Kramer, is arguably the best goalie in the Conference, if not the league. He has been in net for all eight wins, has a 2.01 goals against average and a .911 save percentage.

“We will definitely have our work cut out for us with Kramer in net.” Stuart said, but added, “In my opinion, it's the two best goalies in our conference going at it now.”


The series begins in Fruitvale with games one and two on Friday and Saturday at 8:30pm MDT, and games three and four in Kimberley on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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