Game starts with a tilt between Jeremy Wiebe and Travis Irving just one second into the first period. Fight lasted for almost a minute with no clear winner as both traded some pretty good blows. Wiebe gave up a little bit on reach but was able to come in tight and get his shots in too.
Game Preview ...
The Spruce Kings are back home but this weekend won't be an easy one in the Castle as three teams that sit at or near the top in their divisions all come through over the course of the next four days. First up it is the Langley Chiefs who are second in the former Mainland Division and third in the Coastal Conference. For the Chiefs this is their first visit outside of their conference and in the seven road games so far in the season they are one game below .500 with 3 wins and 4 losses.
The Chiefs are led offensively by a former Western Hockey Leaguer that played for the team up the street; Marcus Watson has seven goals and and seven assists in a dozen games. Close behind the San Jose resident is Colten Beck, a nineteen year old with thirteen points. Rounding out the top three for the Chiefs is another twenty year old in Mac Roy who has registered ten points with five goals and five assists.
The Spruce Kings can counteract those numbers with even bigger ones led by off-season acquistion Brooks Robinson, the twenty year old has six goals to go along with his fourteen helpers for a total of twenty points. Close behind is his linemate and team captain, Sam Muchalla has seven goals and eleven assists for eighteen points in eleven games played. From there the defence proves that they can contribute offensively as well with Wes McLeod and Josh Pineiro having fourteen and twelve points respectively.
Zac Rasmussen is closing in the team leaders as well having scored four times and helped on six others since joining the Spruce Kings on September 18th. Brad Bourke is also been stepping it up and is coming off a point a game performance in the Spruce Kings recent road trip with a goal and a pair of assists. The goal scored in Trail was the game tying goal that wiped out a three goal differential to force overtime where Pineiro and Rasmussen were able to complete the improbable comeback.
The Spruce Kings are also starting to get a few healthy bodies back into the lineup as well, most noteably will be the return of Joe Morgan who missed out on the three game road trip last weekend. Don't expect to see Morgan back up on the top line however as Jeff Earnest has been battling hard to keep that spot and will start alongside Robinson and Muchalla for tonight's game against the Langley Chiefs.
Game time is 7:00pm with the game broadcast live on 93.1 CFIS-FM and also on the Spruce Kings website from the CFIS-FM Listen Live link.
Rosters ...
Langley Chiefs
2 Colten Hayes (D 6'02" 190 1/31/1990 Maple Ridge, BC, CAN) (GP 8 G 0 A 2 Pts 2 06 PIMs)
4 Brad Bakken (D 6'03" 197 2/14/1989 Langley, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 1 A 0 Pts 1 12 PIMs)
5 Dennis Robertson (D 6'00" 195 5/24/1991 Fort St. John, BC, CAN) (GP 11 G 0 A 5 Pts 5 27 PIMs)
7 Matt Cronin (D 6'02" 185 5/21/1992 Langley, BC, CAN) (GP 10 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 20 PIMs)
8 Tim Daly (D 5'11" 165 2/1/1992 Maple Ridge, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 3 A 5 Pts 8 16 PIMs)
9 Joe Walter (F 6'01" 190 5/29/1990 Langley, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 1 A 0 Pts 1 14 PIMs)
10 Brad Goss (F 6'01" 175 7/19/1989 Smithers, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 4 A 2 Pts 6 18 PIMs)
11 Mitch Pacey (F 6'03" 195 11/10/1991 Richmond, BC, CAN) (GP 9 G 0 A 1 Pts 1 19 PIMs)
12 Mac Roy (F 5'11" 175 4/20/1989 Chilliwack, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 5 A 5 Pts 10 17 PIMs)
16 Kody Dhaliwal (F 5'11" 175 4/24/1991 Surrey, BC, CAN) (GP 8 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 06 PIMs)
18 Trevor Gerling (F 5'11" 180 6/30/1990 Seattle, WA, USA) (GP 12 G 1 A 6 Pts 7 08 PIMs)
19 Colton Beck (F 5'10" 175 6/10/1990 Langley, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 5 A 8 Pts 13 10 PIMs)
20 Jordan Sims (F 5'11" 190 12/28/1989 Fort Wayne, SK, CAN) (GP 10 G 1 A 1 Pts 2 06 PIMs)
22 Kevin Tuohy (D 5'07" 160 6/4/1991 Salisbury Mills, ON, CAN) (GP 10 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 02 PIMs)
23 Josh Myers (F 5'11" 180 9/26/1990 Colorado Springs, CO, USA) (GP 11 G 2 A 1 Pts 3 21 PIMs)
24 Marcus Watson (F 6'03" 198 1/17/1989 San Jose, CA, USA) (GP 12 G 7 A 7 Pts 14 08 PIMs)
25 Travis Irving (F 6'04" 190 4/9/1990 Maple Ridge, BC, CAN) (GP 9 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 19 PIMs)
28 Brandon Thompson (F 5'11" 165 11/10/1990 North Vancouver, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 4 A 5 Pts 9 16 PIMs)
33 Andrew Walsh (G 6'02" 185 12/15/1990 Dawson Creek, BC, CAN) (GP 8 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 06 PIMs)
35 Matt Green (G 6'01" 175 10/8/1990 Buffalo, NY, USA) (GP 6 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 06 PIMs)
Prince George Spruce Kings
1 Alex Wright (G 6'01" 185 4/20/1990 Prince George, BC, CAN) (GP 11 G 0 A 1 Pts 1 00 PIMs)
3 Wes McLeod (D 6'02" 185 9/30/1990 Kamloops, BC, CAN) (GP 13 G 5 A 10 Pts 15 21 PIMs)
5 Justin Fillion (D 5'11" 175 4/23/1990 Prince George, BC, CAN) (GP 13 G 3 A 4 Pts 7 19 PIMs)
7 Jesse Scrimbit (D 6'01" 180 12/19/1990 Sicamous, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 06 PIMs)
8 Jonathan Gibson (D 6'01" 205 2/1/1990 Prince George, BC, CAN) (GP 10 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 16 PIMs)
9 Nick DeSousa (F 6'00" 180 11/13/1990 Fraser Lake, BC, CAN) (GP 10 G 2 A 2 Pts 4 02 PIMs)
10 Brad Bourke (D 6'01" 175 4/21/1989 Onoway, AB, CAN) (GP 1 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 02 PIMs)
11 Kyle Manlow (F 5'10" 165 6/28/1991 Murrieta, CA, USA) (GP 12 G 1 A 0 Pts 1 04 PIMs)
15 Luke Hannas (F 6'02" 185 9/9/1991 Williams Lake, BC, CAN) (GP 10 G 0 A 2 Pts 2 55 PIMs)
16 Jeff Earnest (F 5'10" 175 2/8/1991 Whittier, AK, USA) (GP 11 G 3 A 3 Pts 6 19 PIMs)
17 Brooks Robinson (F 5'11" 180 8/18/1989 Duncan, BC, CAN) (GP 13 G 4 A 16 Pts 20 14 PIMs)
19 Joe Morgan (F 5'08" 180 4/7/1989 Kitimat, BC, CAN) (GP 9 G 2 A 5 Pts 7 06 PIMs)
20 Jeff Datoff (D 5'10" 160 5/26/1992 Nanaimo, BC, CAN) (GP 8 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 02 PIMs)
21 Stewart Lambert (F 6'00" 175 4/5/1990 Prince George, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 02 PIMs)
22 Jeremy Wiebe (F 6'00" 180 7/20/1991 Vernon, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 46 PIMs)
23 RJay Berra (F 6'00" 180 7/26/1990 Prince George, BC, CAN) (GP 13 G 3 A 6 Pts 9 04 PIMs)
24 Josh Pineiro (D 5'10" 211 8/25/1989 Huntington Beach, CA, USA) (GP 11 G 5 A 7 Pts 12 23 PIMs)
25 Zac Rasmussen (F 5'09" 178 5/8/1989 Kamloops, BC, CAN) (GP 12 G 4 A 7 Pts 11 21 PIMs)
26 Sam Muchalla (F 5'08" 150 8/14/1990 Prince George, BC, CAN) (GP 11 G 7 A 11 Pts 18 19 PIMs)
35 Kyle Nielsen (G 5'10" 170 7/21/1990 New Westminster, BC, CAN) (GP 1 G 0 A 0 Pts 0 00 PIMs)
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