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Summerland Steam win twice, lose once

The Summerland Steam picked up two wins and a loss in Junior B hockey action over the past week.
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The Summerland Steam picked up two wins and a loss in Junior B hockey action over the past week.

On Jan. 21, the Steam suffered a 4-3 overtime loss at the hands of the Eagles in Sicamous.

The Eagles took the lead with a goal at 10:36 in the first period.

In the second period, the Steam responded with two power play goals.

At 11:19, Braden Eliuk scored with assists from Cole Williams and Tyson Klingspohn.

At 4:17, a goal by Michael McEachern, assisted by Lathan McKinney and Paulsen Lautard, gave the Steam the lead.

In the third period, Sicamous added a goal at 16:23, followed by another at 10:14.

Summerland brought the game to a tie at 5:54 with a goal by Cole Woodliffe, assisted by Lautard and Jack Mills.

The Eagles scored the deciding goal at 3:07 in the second overtime period.

On Friday, the Steam shut out the North Okanagan Knights in Armstrong in a 5-0 decision.

In the first period, Adam Jones scored on a power play at 10:37, assisted by Eliuk and Kendell Wilson.

Mills then scored at 5:13, assisted by Rylan Sideroff and Coleton Fisher.

In the second period, Fisher scored with the assists by Calvin Hadley and Mills.

In the third period, Mills scored on a power play at 18:55. McEachern had the assist. The final goal came at 12:13 when Fisher scored unassisted on a power play.

On Sunday, the Steam earned a 5-2 victory over the Chiefs in Kelowna.

After a Kelowna goal at 17:34 in the first period. the Steam responded with two power play goals.

Sideroff scored at 13:27, assisted by McEachern and Mills.

At 5:09, Mills scored, assisted by Klingspohn and McEachern.

The Steam dominated the second period. Wilson scored a power play goal at 9:41, assisted by Eliuk and Sideroff. Mills then scored at 2:29, with Jones and Robertson assisting.

In the third period, the Chiefs added a power play goal at 18:28.

The final Summerland goal came at 2:24 when Jack Mills scored a shorthanded empty net goal unassisted.

The next action for the Steam is on Friday, Jan. 30 when the team will face the Grizzlies in Revelstoke. The next home game is on Sunday, Feb. 1 when Summerland hosts the Princeton Posse. The game begins at 2 p.m.