The Swan Valley Stampeders extended their winning streak to double digits as they won their 10th straight tonight against OCN, 5-3.
After pushing things in the first, Brad Goethals scored his 33rd of the season just more than 11 minutes in.
Alonsa’s Dustin Mozdzen came back for OCN as he beat Michael Davis to tie the game up on the power play.
The second period turned out to be a goal fest as the Stamps’ scored three times.
Matt Osadick started things off by getting away on a breakaway where he was hauled down.
He was awarded a penalty shot and the star made it count by going low blocker side as Swan Valley went up 2-1.
At the 10:37 mark, it was 20-year-old Brad Goethals who notched his 34th of the season and the Stamps’ kept it coming.
At the 12:37 mark, it was Swan River’s, Carter Cockburn tapping in a pass from captain Townsend as the game was 4-1.
OCN did cut the deficit in half by scoring to make it 4-2 after 40.
Just 3:50 into the third, OCN once again capitalized on the power play. This time it was Tanner Brewster who put it in the back of the net.
All-star, Josh Tripp would seal the game with a goal less than three minutes later.
The Stamps’ are now 39-10-3-2 and remain in the race for top spot with Portage, who also won tonight.
Swan Valley now hits the road for the weekend.
They have a huge tilt with Portage on Friday before playing the red-hot Blues’ on Saturday.
To wrap up the weekend, Swan Valley will play the remainder of their suspended game with Selkirk that goes down on Sunday.