Vernon, BC: Seiya Tanaka-Campbell scored the game winner with just 1.1 second left in regulation time as the Vernon Vipers downed the West Kelowna Warriors 4-3 in front of over 2300 fans.
Tanaka-Campbell finished off a hard working shift as Reagan Milburn and Luke Pakulak helped set up the play. The goal at 19:59 was Seiya's 11th goal of the season.
The Vipers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after goals from Walker Erickson and Reagan Milburn. Both goals shortly followed Viper powerplays. Erickson's came four seconds after the powerplay expired, while Milburn's was five. They were the only two powerplays the Vipers would receive.
Penalties finished lopsided in West Kelowna's favour, but again, as it has all season, the penalty kill was fantastic. They would finish the night killing off 5 of 6.
Hank Cleaves scored an important goal in the second period, following up on a rebound for his 8th of the season.
Aiden Reeves, Riley Sharun and Rylee Hlusiak had goals for West K.
Justin Katz made 35 saves on 39 shots, many of which were of the highlight reel kind.
Roan Clarke wasn't nearly as busy, but was strong in net for his 11th win of the year.
The Vipers will head back out on the road for a visit to Powell River on Friday
