By: Riley Pollock – 07.02.25

 

The Riggers extended their record at Rogers Arena to 7-0 with a 15-12 victory in Vancouver on Friday night.

The Warriors struck first on Friday night with a drive right down the middle to make it 1-0.

They would quickly add to their lead with a shot over Cam MacLeod’s shoulder making it 2-0.

Tyler Pace struck first for the Riggers as he drove hard to the net and finished with a bounce shot to make it 2-1.

Dane Dobbie evened the game up 2-2 with another bounce shot off a nice feed from Curtis Dickson with five-minutes gone in the first.

The Riggers would strike quickly on their first powerplay of the night as Dobbie ripped his second to make it 3-2 Roughnecks.

Haiden Dickson fired a shot from deep to continue the Riggers run and then Ethan Ticehurst scored a beauty off the ensuing faceoff to make it 5-2 Roughnecks.

The Warriors ended the Riggers five-goal run with a late first-quarter goal to send the game into the second 5-3.

Curtis Dickson ripped one low early in the second-quarter to gain the Riggers three-goal lead back, it was 6-3.

Tanner Cook found the back of the net with a great individual effort to continue the Roughnecks strong start making it 7-3.

Bennett Smith grabbed his fourth of the season as the Warriors tried to change goalies on the fly and Smith found an open net to make it 8-3.

Curtis Dickson scored his second of the night quickly after. It was also his 552nd goal which put him ahead of Dan Dawson for sixth all-time.  The score was 9-3.

The Warriors finally found the back of the net to make it 9-4.

Vancouver found another in transition to get within four and make it 9-5.

The Warriors got their third in a row on a dunk to make the score 9-6 with about six-minutes remaining until halftime.

Haiden Dickson put a stop the Warriors run with a swim-move to the goal to make it 10-6.

The Warriors answered with three of their own to make it 10-9 heading into the break.

Vancouver would tie the game 10-10 early in the third-quarter.

Curtis Dickson found the back of the net with a strong power-move for his hat-trick goal to give the Riggers the 11-10 lead.

The Warriors struck on their first powerplay of the night to tie it 11-11.

Mathieu Gautier found the back of the net from in tight to once again put the Riggers ahead, this time 12-11.

The Warriors once again had an answer making it 12-12. That would finish off the Warriors scoring for the night.

Jesse King scored his first of the night, squeaking it five-hole to make it 13-12 ‘Necks.

The Riggers scored once again off the draw as Cook took it to the net and finished low to make it 14-12 heading into the final frame.

Haiden Dickson was the second Dickson to get a hat-trick for the Riggers and extend their lead to 15-12 with just under five-minutes gone in the fourth-quarter. That would be the last goal of the game.

Cam MacLeod stood on his head in the second-half, allowing just three goals after halftime including zero in the fourth and the Riggers came away with the 15-12 win.

 

NEXT UP

The Riggers are back home for a weekend, double-header when they host Saskatchewan on Feb. 14 and Las Vegas on Feb. 16 TICKETS.

 

STAT PACK

Curtis Dickson: 3g, 4a

Dane Dobbie: 2g, 4a

Tanner Cook: 2g, 3a

Haiden Dickson: 3g, 1a

Jesse King: 1g, 2a

Tyler Pace: 1g, 2a

Mathieu Gautier: 1g, 1a

Bennett Smith: 1g, 1a, 6lb

Ethan Ticehurst: 1g, 4lb

Cam MacLeod: 40 saves, .769 save-percentage

 

 

 

 

 

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