DIDSBURY - The Mountain View Colts opened their regular season with a win at home and a loss on the road.
On Friday the Colts doubled up on Stettler 6-3 in their home opener. The following night the team fell 6-4 to the Coaldale Copperheads.
Colts head coach Gord Olson said the squad played well over the weekend.
"It's definitely nice to win your home opener -- the boys really played well at home," said Olson. "Coaldale has always been a tough arena. They're a good team -- the south division defending champions. We were right in the game; outshot them. Just had no luck around the net."
In the home opener Friday, the Colts got off to a 2-0 first-period lead on goals from Damian Vickers and Josh Gette. Matt Sylvester brought the visiting Lightning back to within one with a goal at 7:56 of the first.
Sylvester then tied the game with his second goal of the game a few minutes into the second. Trey Wallace then scored a pair himself for the Colts before Erik Rost scored for Stettler to bring them within one once again, 4-3.
Gette scored twice in the third period to get the hat trick and give the Colts the 6-3 win.
"We got up and they came back," said Olson. "The boys pulled it back together. The leadership came together. When we faced adversity they stepped up and overcame it."
On Saturday in Coaldale, Mountain View dug themselves a hole falling behind 3-0 early. Gette scored a short-handed goal at 11:50 of the second period to put the Colts on the board. However, the Copperheads struck for two more goals in the second to go up 5-1.
Despite outscoring the Copperheads 3-1 in the third, it was too little too late for the Colts, who fell 6-4 despite out-shooting their opponents 40-25.
The Colts return to the Didsbury Memorial Complex on Saturday to face the Cochrane Eagles of the south division.
