Johannes Løkkeberg91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s four-point effort helped lead the West Kelowna Warriors past the Langley Riverman 6-2 on Family Day.
Just 21 seconds into the game, the Warriors were up 1-0 as Viggo Nordström found the back of the net for the fifth time this season. Løkkeberg and Sean Keohane collected the assists on the goal.
West Kelowna doubled their lead later in the period when Jackson Kyrkostas scored his 18th goal of the campaign, assisted by Isaiah Norlin and Simon Houge.
Langley didn91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™t get on the board until late in the second period when Aaron Reierson scored to cut the deficit in half.
The floodgates opened in the third period as Felix Caron and Løkkeberg scored within the first five minutes of the period to make it 4-1 for the Warriors. Caron91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 26th goal of the season came on the powerplay and was assisted by Norlin and Løkkeberg. The goal also put him in a tie for the lead in the BCHL.
Løkkeberg91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s goal was assisted by Trey Ausmus and Jack Farrell.
After Langley added a second goal, the Warriors91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s forward Trent Wilson added two goals of his own to make it 6-2. His 14th goal of the year was assisted by Dylan Brooks and Løkkeberg while his 15th was helped by Norlin and Caron and also came on the powerplay.
Rorke Applebee made 24 saves in the win for the Warriors.
After two wins and a loss on the long weekend, the Warriors are 26-10-7-0 and remain second in the BCHL91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Interior Conference, six points behind Penticton.
This upcoming weekend, the Warriors will head to the Lower Mainland to take on the Surrey Eagles on Friday, Feb. 23 and the Coquitlam Express on Saturday, Feb. 24. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. both nights.
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