It was a tough weekend for the West Kelowna Warriors, who suffered two losses against Merritt and Cranbrook.

On Friday night in a back-and-forth game, the Warriors lost the Okanagan Connector battle, losing to the Merritt Centennials 6-4 at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

Johannes Løkkeberg and Viggo Nordström each had multi-point efforts while Felix Caron scored his team-leading 10th goal of the season in the loss.

The Warriors returned home to take on the Cranbrook Bucks on Saturday night and went from a high-scoring affair, to a low-scoring one as West Kelowna fell 2-1 in overtime.

Cranbrook was up 1-0 for the majority of the game after an early first-period goal. It wasn91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™t until early in the third period when Nordström scored his first career BCHL goal to tie the game at one.

It wasn91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™t the Warriors91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ night though as Joseph Blackley scored his first goal of the season for the Bucks in overtime to give Cranbrook the 2-1 win.

Cranbrook goaltender Carter Capton stood on his head, making 43 saves in the win.

With the two losses, the Warriors are now 9-4-2 on the season, good enough for third in the BCHL91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Interior Conference.

The Warriors are back in action up in Prince George to take on the Spruce Kings this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 10 and 11). Puck drop is at 7 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday, both at the Kopar Memorial Arena.

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