Matthew Seminoff in action against the Edmonton Oil Kings on Feb 20, 2023. (Photo via Edmonton Oil Kings)
Daylan Kuefler and Dylan Sydor scored a pair of goals each as the Kamloops Blazers beat the Edmonton Oil Kings 7-3 in a Family Day Monday afternoon game.
Caedan Bankier, Olen Zellweger, and Matthew Seminoff also scored for the Blazers who have won all three games on their Central Division road trip so far, taking their winning streak to nine games.
Daylan Kuefler stays hot in his home province!
Three goals in three games for the @NYIslanders prospect. @blazerhockey pic.twitter.com/Eyn5nGWsuZ
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 20, 2023
Rilen Kovacevic and Noah Boyko (2) scored for the Oil Kings who remain at the bottom of the WHL’s Western Conference with eight wins.
The Oil Kings tied the game twice at 1-1 in the first period and again at 2-2 early in the second but it was the Blazers who led 2-1 after the first and 5-3 after the second period.
Jakub Demek was scoreless as he made his long awaited Blazers debut against his former team. The six-foot-four Slovakian forward, who was acquired from the Oil Kings for four draft picks last November, was initially expected to make his debut at the end of January before it was pushed back by the Vegas Golden Knights.
Shea Van Olm who was also part of the Oil Kings WHL Championship team in 2021-22 missed Sunday’s game with an upper body injury.
Nice tribute to Demek & Van Olm during the 1st media timeout. @EdmOilKings pic.twitter.com/WCfQwQJfPv
— Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) February 20, 2023
Matthew Kieper turned aside 16 of 19 shots to pick up his fifth win with the Blazers. Monte Creek native Kolby Hay, who stopped 53 of 60 shots, was the far busier goaltender in the Edmonton net.
Kolby Hay stuffs two Stars’ prospects in a matter of seconds.
Safe to say he’s a bigger fan of planets. @EdmOilKings pic.twitter.com/mHbRcmzT2C
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 20, 2023
In three games against Red Deer, Calgary, and Edmonton this long weekend, the Blazers have outshot their opponents 63-15 in the first period. They head east to Swift Current for a Wednesday evening game before games in Lethbridge on Friday and Medicine Hat on Saturday.
Their next home game will be against the Kelowna Rockets on Friday, March 3.
