 
VS
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4 Final
Score 2
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LeBrun,
Basilico, Funk, Colley
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Goal
Scorers
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Westgard,
Black
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39
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Total
Shots
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22
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20
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1st
Period Shots
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6
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6
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2nd
Period Shots
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11
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13
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3rd
Period Shots
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5
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1
for 5
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Power
Play
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2
for 4
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3rd
Star
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Forbes
Ploszaj
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2nd
Star
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Kurt
Black
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Jake
LeBrun
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1st
Star
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6-16-0-2
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Current
Record
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4-20-0-0
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One of the losing streaks
had to end. Prince George had lost five straight, and Surrey was up to 10
losses in a row. The Spruce Kings needed a win, and thanks to a big game from
an ex Eagle they got it in a 4-2 decision.
Right from the drop of
the puck Prince George was playing aggressively, and a scrum ensued just 17
seconds into the game. The visiting Spruce Kings went to the penalty kill right
away, but managed to kill off the penalty.
Then it was the regular
culprits coming up with the goals in the first for PG. Jake LeBrun fed Bryan
Basilico who was stopped the first time, but banged in his own rebound. Shortly
after that the Spruce Kings drew a penalty of their own, and went to the power play
for their first time. Just 25 seconds in Matt Stief passed the puck over to
Jake LeBrun, and he slammed home his team leading 10th goal of the
season to double the Spruce King lead.
After firing just 14
shots against Chilliwack the night before, and 19 against Wenatchee on Friday,
Prince George put 20 shots on Forbes Ploszaj in the first period alone.
In the second period the
Spruce Kings continued the aggreesive play with a 2-0 lead, but wound up
getting burned on the PK. First it was Corey Hoffman and Adam Burnett heading
to the box, while taking the Eagles
Matthew Hermary with them. Surrey would take a man advantage from it, and Ty
Westgard would pick up the rebound from a Kurt Black shot, and bang the puck in
to cut the lead in half. Later it was Braiden Epp and Kyle Johnson taking
penalties after a whistle, with Epp and tumbling the ground alongside Matthew Brown
from Surrey.
The Eagles would once
again head to the power play, and this time it was Kurt Black putting the puck
in for his second point of the game to tie things up.
Prince George needed a
ray of hope after dropping two quick goals, and they got that when Adam
Brubacher flipped the puck up in a hail mary pass to Jordan Funk the ex Surrey
Eagle. Funk got the puck just between the circles, and couldn’t control it, but
was able to give it just enough of a nudge to go through the legs of Ploszaj.
That would give the Spuce Kings the lead at 3-2 heading into the third. In the
three games this season the team held a lead going into the third, they were
3-0, so things were looking good.
Surrey managed just five
shots in the third as Prince George played most of the period with a dump and
chase format hoping to kill the last period off. They would do just that, and the
Eagles eventually had to pull their goalie in the final minute.
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| Jake LeBrun during the anthem (Photo by: Damon James) |
Liam McCloskey picked up his
4th win of the season after stopping 20 of 22 shots. With his goal
and assist, Captain Jake LeBrun received the nod as first star of the game.
Turning
Point:
Instead of
heading the third tied, the Spruce Kings managed to score halfway through the
second, which showed resilience after allowing the Eagles to claw back into the
game.
SCORING SUMMARY
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PERIOD 1
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1-0 Prince George
Spruce Kings at 10:59 - Bryan Basilico from Jake LeBrun
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2-0 Prince George
Spruce Kings at 13:18 (PP) - Jake LeBrun from Matthew Stief and Adam Brubacher
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PERIOD 2
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2-1 Surrey Eagles at
3:02 (PP) - Ty Westgard from Kurt Black
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2-2 Surrey Eagles at
7:04 (PP) - Kurt Black from Paul McAvoy and Owen Johnson
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3-2 Prince George
Spruce Kings at 9:03 - Jordan Funk from Adam Brubacher
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PERIOD 3
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4-2 Prince George
Spruce Kings at 19:40 (EN)- Parker Colley from Ethan de Jong
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