For the first time in the 2026-27 season, the Canmore Eagles have lost on home ice, dropping at 3-1 decision to the Grande Prairie Storm on Friday night in front of 765 fans.
The Storm avenged their only loss on home-ice at the hands of the Eagles and improved to a AJHL best 8-2-0-0. With the loss, the Eagles dropped to 6-3-0-0 and out of top spot in the South Division.
Bowen Grycan got the party started for the Storm 5:46 into the first period with a blistering shot that beat Hudson Sedo high glove for his team-leading sixth of the season. Sean Richards would add to the lead at 16:40 on a defensive breakdown in the neutral zone.
Lucas Knorr would score his first of the season of the power play to but the Storm up 3-0 in the third. Grande Prairie entered Friday’s game with the second best powerplay in the league at 35.7%.
Miller Komarniski would get the Eagles on the board with a power play goal at 11:22 but that’s all the could muster past goaltender Jaxson Dikur.
Dikur, only making his second career start for the Storm, stopped 26 of 27 shots for his second win of the season. Before Komarniski’s goal, the Williams Lake, BC native didn’t surrender a goal in the AJHL, pushing his shut out streak to 109:38.
Eagles captain Aidan Tkachuk, who received at game misconduct penalty in the third period for fighting Grande Prairie’s Brock Heidecker, had his goal and point streak snapped at 7 games. Ryder Dembo also had his point streak snapped at 8 games.
The Eagles are back in action tomorrow night as they welcome the host of this year’s Centennial Cup: The Fort McMurray Oil Barons at 7 PM. Tickets can still be purchased at www.canmoreeagles.ca/tickets.
