Fort St. John Flyers fall to Spirit River 6-1, extend winless streak in NPHL season

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Fort St. John Senior Flyers North Peace Hockey League (NPHL) 2024-25 season continues to be winless after dropping their game against the Spirit River Rangers on December 5th.

The defending NPHL champions were looking to extend their winning streak to three games and got the scoring started after the two-minute mark of the first period on Kurt Konopelka’s first of the season.

Spirit River’s lead was doubled nearly ten minutes later by Marco St. Pierre, who scored his seventh of the year assisted by Kenton Helgesen and Khalin Marsolais.

Playing their third game in a week, Fort St. John racked up 23 penalty minutes in the second, marked by a five-minute fighting major on Seth Sutherland.

The Rangers took advantage, netting goals from Helgesen and Maddison Smiley to lead 4-0 after 40 minutes.

Spirit River scored a fifth goal before the Flyers’ Alex Nimmo finally broke the goalless drought on a power play marker assisted by Tyrell Fenton and Jordan Gies midway through the third.

The Rangers added another two minutes later to take the game 6-1.  Goaltender Ty Gullickson had 38 saves in the loss.

Fort St. John’s next game will be on Saturday, December 7th against the Valleyview Jets.  Puck drop is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. at the North Peace Arena.

Further details are available on the Fort St. John Flyers Facebook page.