 
VS
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3 Final
Score 0
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Hovde,
Basilico, Ponak
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Goal
Scorers
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32
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Total
Shots
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29
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10
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1st
Period Shots
|
8
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14
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2nd
Period Shots
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13
|
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8
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3rd
Period Shots
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8
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0 for 7
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Power
Play
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0 for 2
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Jarod
Hovde
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3rd
Star
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Bryan
Basilico
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2nd
Star
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Sam
Tanguay
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1st
Star
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9-25-0-2
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Current
Record
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18-13-2-3
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For
two teams that don’t see each other often, the Spruce Kings had a very chippy
game against the Cowichan Valley Capitals. Heading into the game on a four game
losing streak, and coming off a 9-1 loss the night before Prince George had a
handful against the Capitals who sit 2nd in the Island.
Turning
Point: After two goals in the last two games, the Spruce
Kings needed some offence, and they got that 47 seconds in courtesy of Jarod
Hovde. On a two on one alongside Nick Guerra, Hovde came down the left side,
and fired a puck over the glove of Lane Michasiw to take the early lead.
The Spruce Kings would
earn a five minute power play in the frame, but were unable to capitalize, and
it got cut down to a total of three minutes after Tilsley took a penalty
himself.
In the second it was
Owings coming down, and ringing one off the cross bar for the Capitals which
would prove to be costly as Bryan Basilico came down on a two on one minutes
later, and like Hovde elected to shot, also beating Michasiw. Adam Osczevski
broke down on a breakaway seconds after the game, but it was Tanguay coming up
with another big save.
The third had a number of
defensive highlights from the Spruce Kings. The Capitals would have had a three
on one, but Basilico dove out while against the boards to break the play up.
Three minutes later he almost made the score 3-0 as he went down on a
shorthanded breakaway, but couldn’t beat Michasiw for the second time of the
night. Brubacher was firing bombs from the point all night long, and finally
broke through as Nic Ponak tipped a shot in front to make it 3-0 Spruce Kings
with five minutes remaining.
Things continued getting
chippier, as Kade Kehoe took a two minute penalty after a play, but wouldn’t go
to the box so he was tossed out of the game. With their leading scorer out of
the lineup, the Capitals were unable to break through, and Tanguay collected 29
saves for his first shutout of the season in a 3-0 victory.
GAME NOTES: The Spruce
Kings snapped a four game losing streak with the win --- The shutout was the
team’s first of the season --- Of the five goals scored this season against
Cowichan, Basilico was involved in three (2G/1A) --- Jarod Hovde’s goal was his
first GWG in the BCHL --- Prince George has now been shutout five games in a
row on the power play --- PG’s first win against Cowichan in two years
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