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11-31-1-3
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Record
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27-10-2-4
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107
(17th)
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Goals
For
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170
(7th)
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201
(16th)
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Goals
Against
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112
(3rd)
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17.1%
(13th)
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Power
Play
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19.7%
(9th)
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76.7%
(14th)
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Penalty
Kill
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83.1%
(5th)
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Venue: Prince
George Coliseum
Game Time: Thursday @ 7pm
Season Series: 5-0 for Chilliwack
Game Overview:
Like Langley, playing Chilliwack has not been pleasant for the Spruce
Kings this season. In five games they have been outscored 28-5, and 13-4 while
on home ice. The latest setback came in the final home game of December at the
“Drop Your Gloves and Sock it to Em” event. The Chiefs scored five goals in the
first, and sailed to 7-1 win with Corey Hoffman scoring the lone PG goal. In
the team’s last meeting things were much closer, and the Spruce Kings actually
led at one point in the second period. Again the Chiefs would score five
unanswered to win 7-3, but the Spruce Kings showed that they can skate with one
of the elite teams in the league. Chilliwack enters the Coliseum leading the
Mainland Division by seven points while ranking in the top tean for goals for/against
and powerplay/penalty kill
Prince George Home Record: 6-13-0-1
Spruce Kings Leading Scorer: Matt Stief 4 goals – 27 assists -31 points
Chilliwack Record: 9-8-2-2
Chiefs Leading Scorer: Jordan Kawaguchi 28 goals – 27 assists – 55
points
Player to watch:
Spruce Kings: He picked up an assist against Langley last weekend,
but Alex Stoley has just two points in his last 16 games following a four game
point streak. The California native has already exceed his point totals from
last season, and should look to pump that number up with a number of games at
home remaining. Connor Logan has seemed like a new man in the last few weeks.
The forward had a three game point streak (his longest of the season) snapped
on Friday against Langley, but seems to have a lot more bounce in his step.
Logan has also been very reliant on not going to box, with just six penalty minutes
all season. That’s second amongst players with at least eight games under their
belt.
Chiefs: Coming back to play in Prince George, Rylan Bechtel
should have an interesting welcoming. The 20 year old defencemen had six points
in ten points before leaving the team, and was picked up by Chilliwack right at
the trade deadline. He had an own goal in that game, as well as an assist for
his first proper point with his new team. In his last three games Bechtel has
picked up an additional three points to put him at four points in four games
with the Chiefs. Vimal Sukumaran had a hat trick in his last visit to the
Coliseum, and the forward that is tied for second in the league with eight game
winning goals will look to continue that. In the last four games against Prince
George he has four goals and one assist.
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