Exhibition Game #2 - Second Period

Spruce Kings kill off the penalty to start the second period giving up only one shot on goal. On a shorthanded chance the puck jumped over Wes McLeod's stick; that may have sparked the veteran who dropped the gloves shortly afterwards with Breydan DeCock. The Spruce Kings have responded to the loss of the veteran blueliner as they go down the other end of the ice and score two goals less than a minute apart.

I'm at the wrong end of the rink to tell exactly what happened, but Quesnel was in full goal celebration and another fight broke out with Nick DeSousa and John Martin dropping the gloves. After the referees conference there was no goal added so the score remains 4-1.

Another fight, which means they have reached the BCHL maximum for an exhibition game. The rules state that no one player can have more than 3 fights in the preseason and that there can't be more than 3 fights in any one preseason game without drawing further penalties ... presumably game supensions and/or fines. Okay back to the play and the Spruce Kings have a two man advantage to work with.

It was a short two man advantage that resulted in only one good shot on goal. Intensity remains high in the game and some more pushing and shoving behind the PG net has resulted in a penalty to Andrew Pickering.

Spruce Kings will have another power play to finish off the second period. A bad clearing pass out of their zone has cost the Spruce Kings a shorthanded goal against with just 7.8 seconds remaining in the second period.

The teams will go to the dressing room with Prince George leading 4-2. Final shots on goal in the second were 7-4 in favour of Quesnel ... total after two is 12-11 for PG. Chris Solecki stopped 5 of the 6 shots he faced in his 30:47 tour of duty. The Quesnel Millionaires appear to be sticking with Kirby Halcrow as he stayed put between the pipes while PG made their change.