David Foord opened the scoring just 3:20 into the contest but the Red Deer Vipers couldn’t conjure up another goal and dropped a 4-1 Heritage Junior B Hockey League decision to the Airdrie Thunder Saturday at the Arena.
Alex Diduch paced the visitors with two goals, while Airdrie netminder Logan Marlow stopped 37 shots. Jason Pohl made 33 saves for Red Deer.
• The Blackfalds Wranglers, with Jared Williams scoring twice, defeated the visiting Coaldale Copperheads 6-3 Sunday.
Also scoring for the Wranglers were Dalen Kolybaba, Jared Guilbault, Brady Thudium and Dylan Wiedmer.
Reagan Hughes made 27 saves for Blackfalds, which held a 31-30 advantage in shots and was assessed seven of 16 minor penalties.
• The Stettler Lightning fell 4-1 to host Airdrie Sunday, their lone goal coming off the stick of Dylan Muhlbach.
The Lightning were also 4-1 losers to the visiting Mountainview Colts Saturday. Lyle Wooden scored the only Stettler marker while Lightning goalie Simon Thieleman made 33 saves as the home team was outshot 37-32.