The Fernie Ghostriders kept their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) season alive with a thrilling game four overtime victory over the Kimberley Dynamiters last night at the Fernie Memorial Arena.

With the win, Fernie forced game five in the Eddie Mountain Division finals Friday night, March 27, at the Kimberley Civic Centre, with the Nitros leading three games to one.

Coden Fournier set up Nate Turton’s buzzer-beating goal to force overtime, then cued up Carter Singleton (5) to be the Ghostriders’ overtime hero and avoid elimination.

Kael Svenson made 33 saves for Fernie, while Connor Baumbach had 38 for Kimberley.

The Dynamiters opened the scoring on Nate Tillmanns goal (5) midway through the first period and it’s the first time in the playoffs that the Dynamiters lost while leading after two periods.

Game four was the second straight 2-1 overtime contest, with Kimberley winning game three thanks to Jackson Murphy’s overtime heroics.

Johnny Lozeman set up Murphy for his second goal of the playoffs at 7:59 as Adam Kisilevich stopped all five shots he faced in overtime and 27 total.

The Dynamiters opened the scoring in the second period on a goal by Nate Tillmanns (4). Kael Svenson made 19 saves for the Ghostriders, while Carter Singleton tied the game at 9:24 of the second period.

Game six, if necessary, is back in Fernie on Saturday, March 28 (game time 7 p.m.)

The series winner heads to the Kootenay Conference Final.

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