Mountain View Colts 4, Red Deer Vipers 2
The Mountain View Colts extended their unbeaten start to the season to eight games, beating the Red Deer Vipers 4-2 at Servus Arena on Saturday behind two third-period goals from Blake Stoddard.
Ryder Hammer opened the scoring for Mountain View at 1:18 of the first to make it 1-0 after 20 minutes. Rhett Miller extended the lead to 2-0 for Mountain View at 3:45 of the second, but Red Deer answered right back with goals from Gabriel Tremblay at 6:15 and Hudson Ashcroft at 6:43 to tie it at 2-2 after 40 minutes.
Blake Stoddard put Mountain View back in front with a power-play goal at 6:26 of the third for the eventual game-winner, and added an insurance goal at 11:58 to make it 4-2. Red Deer pulled its goaltender for an extra attacker late in the period but could not find an equalizer, and Mountain View closed out the win.
Mountain View’s William Steingart made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win. Red Deer’s Brock Lott stopped 23 of 27 shots combined in the loss.