File photo of Glacier Kings game. Comox Valley drew Oceanside in the opening round of the VIJHL playoffs.

File photo of Glacier Kings game. Comox Valley drew Oceanside in the opening round of the VIJHL playoffs.

Comox Valley, Oceanside tied in VIJHL playoffs

The Oceanside Generals have evened the score in a seesaw Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) playoff series against the Comox Valley Glacier Kings.

Oceanside won 3-2 in overtime, Tuesday at the Comox Valley Sports Centre. The Generals had scored twice before Logan Kurki scored for the home team at 13:52 of the second period. Caileb Berge — who assisted on Kurki’s goal — tied the game 26 seconds into the third. Kurki and Jory Swanson assisted.

Oceanside ended the game a minute into the second overtime period.

Game five is 7 p.m. tonight (Wednesday) in Parksville. Game six comes back to the Sports Centre, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Also on Tuesday, Port Alberni tied its best-of-seven series 2-2 against Campbell River with a 4-3 overtime win at home. Campbell River had the best regular record in the entire VIJHL.



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