The Drayton Valley Thunder ended their five-game homestand with a 5-4 loss to the Whitecourt Wolverines on Tuesday night.
The Wolverines scored the first goal just 19 seconds into period two.
At 10:28, Whitecourt sent a man to the box for holding, and the Thunder’s Oskar Aitken-Salmons scored on the power play 27 seconds later to tie it 1-1. He was assisted by Daniel Zhou and Colson Ganser.
Whitecourt fired back at 16:49 to make it 2-1, but went down a man again less than two minutes later, putting Drayton on the power play; with assistance from Taynton Lavender and Dylan Snelgrove, Damian Hill tied things 2-2 again with six seconds left in the frame.
The Wolverines started frame three action with an unassisted goal at 1:30, bringing the score to 3-2. The team followed that up with a power play goal at 3:18 to double up on the Thunder with 4-2.
Drayton Valley’s Snelgrove narrowed Whitecourt’s lead to 4-3 with a goal at 8:33; the helpers went to Lavender and Hill. Whitecourt scored again about one minute later to make it 5-3, but Lavender netted a power play goal at 14:35 for the 5-4 finish.
The Thunder came out on top in shots on goal, taking 43 to the Wolverines’ 28.
The Drayton Valley Thunder are now 8-3-2-2 with 20 points, leading the AJHL South Division.
Next, the Thunder take on the Drumheller Dragons at 7 p.m. on Nov. 7 and the Canmore Eagles at 2 p.m. on Nov. 8; both games are on the road.
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