Underway in the first and the message is trying to be sent. Wes McLeod hit from behind - no call; at the other end, Andrew Pickering squeezed into the goaltender gets a high sticking call. Spruce Kings kill it off with Stewart Lambert getting a chance shorthanded.
Spruce Kings still applying the pressure, but have been turned back on the intentional off-side call. Good pressure results in a powerplay for Prince George with a tripping call against Josh MacDonald.
Wes McLeod assessed a penalty after diving to knock the puck off an attackers stick. He broke up the play, but the official claims he didn't touch the puck first. That's not what the Spruce Kings bench thinks and it happened right in front of them.
Well scoring chances don't get much better than being left alone in front of the net or streaking in on a two-on-one. Both of those happened for Jeremy Weibe on the same shift. Thinking the play was heading down the ice, Jeremy Weibe was able to get in behind the defence. Stopping the puck in his skates, Weibe didn't have quite enough time to fish it out before being tackled. Then with the puck in the neutral zone, Weibe found himself as the free man on the left wing. The hard pass across was deflected off the rookie's stick just grazing the shortside post.
With less than two minutes remaining in the opening period, the Timberwolves have drawn another penalty. Time is ticking down in the first with the Spruce Kings applying pressure down low with a different looking powerplay unit. Nick DeSousa scores to make it 1-0 Spruce Kings on the powerplay goal with assists going to Andrew Pickering and Luke Hannasin the last minute of the period.
Shots on goal favour the Spruce Kings by one, 8-7. Luke Hernandez in the crease for the first period has looked solid and can thank the post for one save on a nice cross crease pass that was shot just wide by the home team.
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