It was not the result head coach Ken Law was looking for.

His Osoyoos Coyotes dropped a pair of Kootenay International Junior B Hockey League games over the weekend, falling out of first place in the process.

Friday at the Nor-Val Centre in Armstrong, the hometown Knights scored a power play goal with just 3;37 left in regulation, giving North Okanagan a 3-2 victory over Osoyoos.

After the Knights took a 2-0 lead, Carter Shannon and Daniel Stone scored in the final seven minutes of the second period to tie the game, only to see the potential of picking up road points evaporate with North Okanagan’s late third-period goal.

Judd Repole earned a pair of assists for the Coyotes, who had just 22 shots on goal.

Saturday, back at Sun Bowl Arena, sole possession of top spot in the Okanagan Division was on the line when the Coyotes hosted Summerland.

Each team entered the game with 22 points and was looking for the upper hand early.

The night got underway perfectly for the hometown Coyotes when Ryan Roseboom scored just 21 seconds into the game.

But the Steam battled back and held a 3-2 lead after 40 minutes.

A Summerland goal 1:41 into the third period turned out to be the first of four unanswered goals by the visitors, giving them a 7-2 victory over the Coyotes in front of 363 fans at Sun Bowl Arena.

Kaleb Comishin scored the other Osoyoos goal, while Colin Bell had a pair of helpers.

The Coyotes fell to 11-5 with the two weekend losses, and trail Summerland by two points with one game in hand.

Osoyoos visits Kelowna Friday and hosts Princeton Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Sun Bowl Arena

-Dale Cory