The Columbia Valley Rockies came away empty-handed from a two-game road trip, falling to the Kamloops Storm and Merritt Centennials over the weekend.
Columbia Valley opened the weekend Friday with a 7-1 loss to Kamloops at McArthur Park Arena.
The Storm built a 3-0 lead in the first period before Cole King put the Rockies on the board at 6:11 of the second, assisted by Trae Lees and Tyson Ross.
Kamloops responded with four unanswered goals in the period, including three from Luca D’Amore, who finished the game with four goals.
The Rockies were outshot 49-28 and went scoreless on four power-play opportunities. Joshua Nuttall made 20 saves on 26 shots before Ivan Tourin took over in the second period and stopped 22 of 23 shots.
Columbia Valley travelled to Merritt on Saturday, where the Centennials handed the Rockies a 5-2 loss.
Merritt took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission before scoring four unanswered goals in the second period to make it 5-0.
The Rockies found some offence in the third.
King scored his second goal of the weekend at 6:06, with Graydon Proctor picking up the assist. Parker Cutts added a power-play goal at 9:54 to cut the deficit to three.
Tourin stopped 43 of 48 shots for Columbia Valley, while the Rockies were outshot 48-27.
The two losses dropped the Rockies to 0-3 to start the inaugural British Columbia Hockey Conference season.
The Rockies will host Kimberley Dynamiters on Friday, Sept. 25.
