Ridge Meadows Flames split weekend games for third straight week

For the third straight weekend, the Ridge Meadows Flames split their games in BC Hockey Conference action. The Maple Ridge Junior A team lost 4-2 to the Delta Ice Hawks on Friday night, Oct. 23, then bounced back with a 4-2 win over the Langley Trappers on Sunday night.

Delta took an early 3-0 lead and held on, scoring into an empty net one second before the game ended. Xavier Barthe and Jack Schierau scored for the Flames. Maple Ridge product Beckett Matlock scored the game winner for Delta and added a goal at the buzzer. Delta is the Mainland Division’s top team, just ahead of the Flames.

Flames captain Josh Bettesworth and Maro Oliviero each scored and added an assist in the win over Langley. Tristan McBride and Rylan Osmack also scored. Goaltender Jonah Chambers stopped 23 of 25 shots to earn his sixth win in net.

Bettesworth has 21 points, including eight goals and 13 assists, in 14 games, placing seventh in BCHC scoring. The Flames next host the Burnaby Steelers at Cam Neely Arena on Friday night, Oct. 30. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m.

The game will be Halloween Fright Night. Every fan wearing a costume will be entered in a draw to win earbuds, and candy will be handed out.