Bandits extend winning streak to three with 6-2 victory over Trail

Trail responded with a goal from Colton Whitfield late in the first period and another from Jaden Sikura early in the second to cut the deficit to two.

Tommy Holtby restored the Bandits’ three-goal cushion by tipping in an Isaac Suh point shot to make it 5-2.

Suh recorded his second assist in as many games after beginning the season on the injured reserve list.

Alexei Zhukov added the final goal in the third period, a power-play marker.

Goaltender Joseph Quintilo turned aside 27 of 29 shots to earn his first career win as a Bandit in his second career start.

Former Medicine Hat resident Marek Schlenker started in net for the Smoke Eaters; he was pulled at 10:43 in the first after allowing three goals on eight shots. Chayse Johnson stopped 16 of 19 shots in relief.

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Trail Smoke Eaters goaltender Marek Schlenker skates to the bench. (Image Credit: Matt Piotrowksi Photography/Brooks Bandits)

The Bandits scored once on three power-play opportunities, extending their streak of games with a power-play goal to seven. They also killed off all three Trail power plays.

With the win, the Bandits remain first in the British Columbia Hockey League’s Interior East Division with a 9-4-2-0 record. They have a three-point cushion on the Okotoks Oilers and four points on the Blackfalds Bulldogs.

Brooks continues its homestand Saturday, Nov. 7, against the Sherwood Park Crusaders at the Centennial Regional Arena.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

— With files from Rory McGouran/Brooks Bandits

by Jesse Gill

Bandits extend winning streak to three with 6-2 victory over Trail

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