Things that go bump in the night will include Lac La Biche junior B hockey players and their opponents this Halloween weekend, as the Clippers plays three, back-to-back-to-back games starting Friday night and wrapping up with a matinee game on All Hallow's Eve.
Coming off a narrow loss to the Lloydminster Bandits on October 23 — the first win of the season for the basement-dwelling Bandits — the Clippers are hoping to scare up some momentum as they go into the weekend.
Friday's game is in Vermillion against the Tigers, on Saturday the Clippers have a chance for redemption when they face the Bandits on Bold Center ice and Sunday's Halloween game is against regional rival the Cold Lake Ice.
Friday and Saturday games start at 7:30 pm and Sunday's matinee is a 4 pm puck drop.
October 23 game 'Clips' — Lloydminster 7 Lac La Biche 6
• The Clippers opened the games scoring with just 57 seconds off the clock
• Clippers finished first period 2-1 ahead
• Clippers up 3-2 after second period
• Clippers open third period scoring just 58 seconds in, leading 4-2
• Midway through the third, Bandits score 4 unanswered goals
• Bandits go-ahead goal scored with 1:41 left in the game
• Clippers pull new goalie Aaron Polos for extra attacker with 30 seconds in game
* Polos faced 41 shots in his first game as a Clipper
The Clippers are currently in sixth place of the seven-team Northeastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League. The Lac La Biche squad has a record of two wins and four losses in their first six games of the season. Two of the three teams the Clippers will face over the Halloween weekend — the Vermilion Tigers and Cold Lake Ice — are currently in fourth and fifth place of the league. The Tigers are just two points ahead of the Clippers in the standings, the Ice, one of three teams tied for second place in the league, are four points ahead of Lac La Biche. The Wainwright Bisons lead the NEAJHL with 12 points, winning six games of the eight they've played so far.
