By Tim O'Donovan - Kamloops Blazers

Blazers defeat Swift Current 3 – 0

Dec 20, 2015 | 7:40 AM

SWIFT CURRENT — The Kamloops Blazers (17-11-3-1) got 33 saves from goaltender Connor Ingram in a 3-0 shutout win over the Swift Current Broncos (10-20-3-1) on Saturday night. 

The win gave the Blazers a 5-1-0-0 record on their six-game East Division trip. 

The two teams played to a scoreless first period. Connor Ingram had to be sharp as he made 17 saves with the Blazers outshot 17-8 in the period. 

The first period intermission occurred at the 7:01mark of the first period after a puck struck and broke glass in a luxury suite. 

The two teams broke for an intermission, played the final 7:01 of the first period on clean ice and switched ends for the second period. 

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Just like the first period, the Blazers and Broncos were deadlocked in the second period. 

Jake Kryski got the game’s first goal with 3:48 left in the period. He dumped a puck into the Broncos zone, won a race to the puck and scored his fifth goal of the season. 

Ryan Rehill followed Kryski’s goal up with a blast from the point with 50 seconds left to give the Blazers a 2-0 lead through two periods. 

The Blazers have played well with leads, and had a sound third period. Kryski scored an empty net goal to make it a 3-0 final.

The Blazers were 0-for-1 on the power play, while the Broncos finished 0-for-2. Final shots on goal were 33-31 for the Broncos. 

After an 0-6-0-0 start, the Blazers finished the first half winning 17 of 26 games for a record of 17-11-3-1 and in sixth place in the WHL’s Western Conference. 

The Blazers return to action on Sunday, December 27 with a home game at 6:00pm against the Kelowna Rockets.