Home cooking is a highlight of the holiday season.
And for the Okotoks Oilers it’s also spelled a significant stretch of success with the BCHL team improving to 9-4 at the Viking Rentals Centre following a 5-4 seesaw triumph over the Spruce Grove Saints in Friday’s pre-holiday home finale.
Swedish netminder Simon Westling made 28 saves to earn his first victory in seven games with the Oilers.
Spencer Rheaume broke the 4-4 deadlock with 4:04 left in regulation as Okotoks knocked off Spruce Grove one week after the Saints skated to a 7-3 home result in the first meeting of the season between the clubs.
Brock Souch added his fourth of the season for the Oilers with a wicked wrist shot on the rush, rookie forward Ryan Boyce scored his second of the season on a goal mouth scramble, Jackson Rowland tallied his team leading ninth goal on a tic-tac-toe play with linemates Souch and Hunter Sawka and Jamie Hikida opened the scoring with his seventh marker.
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Okotoks (11-13) moved to three points back of Spruce Grove with two games in hand.
The Oilers put a bow on their pre-holiday schedule on Saturday with a trip to Sherwood Park. After Christmas, the Oilers make stops in Trail, Penticton and Blackfalds on Dec. 28, 29 and 31.
Okotoks is back on home ice on New Year’s Day against Blackfalds.
For more information, go to okotoksoilers.com.
