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1 Final Score 2 (2nd
OT)
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Hoffman
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Goal
Scorers
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Brayden
Gelsinger, Kevin Massey
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27
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Total
Shots
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36
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5
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1st
Period Shots
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10
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9
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2nd
Period Shots
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9
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10
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3rd
Period Shots
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8
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3
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Overtime
Shots
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9
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0
for 2
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Power
Play
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1
for 3
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Mitchel
Benson
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3rd
Star
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2nd
Star
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Liam
McCloskey
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Brayden
Gelsinger
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1st
Star
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1-4-0-1
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Current
Record
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1-5-0-0
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Every team in the BCHL
now has a win. Price George was just hoping that they wouldn’t be the team to
allow Victoria to join the club. After picking up their first win of the season
on Saturday with a 6-3 blowout over Trail, the Spruce Kings would fall 2-1 in
double overtime to the Victoria Grizzlies.
The game wasn’t the
cleanest, with both teams giving up some sloppy giveaways. Prince George had a
flat first period, and only managed five shots on Mitchel Benson. Things looked
to be heading in a similar direction as the Langley game when they only
directed ten shots on net the entire game. On their first power play of the
game in the first, Victoria scored to take the first lead of the game. Kevin
Massey skated down to the top of the circle, and sent a cross ice feed over to
the awaiting Brayden Gelsinger who blasted home his first goal of the season.
With five assists coming into the game, Gelsinger increased his team lead in
points to six.
In the second period, the
Spruce Kings had a pair of power plays that overlapped for 30 seconds of
five-on-three hockey. The team couldn’t convert though, and has now only scored
one power play goal on 31 opportunities. To close out the third, Gelsinger went
down hard on the ice, and stay down for a few seconds while he hobbled to the
bench on his own power.
He would be okay though,
and return to open the third period. The final frame brought more tempo, as
Prince George pressed for the equalizer. Jake LeBrun would eventually break
down the right down, and get dragged down. Before Victoria could touch the puck
though Corey Hoffman skated in, and tapped home the puck for his second goal of
the season. He is now tied for the team lead in goals with Connor Logan, and
LeBrun.
King’s
Man:
In a game where the Spruce Kings only managed three
shots over nine minutes in overtime, Liam McCloskey was tremendous in net.
Starting his first game since the pair against the Wenatchee Wild, McCloskey
stopped 34 of 36 shots. That included a number of big time saves in extra
innings. He stopped the captain of the Grizzlies PJ Conlon on a breakaway,
slide across to stop a three-on-one, and robbed a sure goal with a stretching
glove save.
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| Liam McCloskey, photo by Garrett James Photography |
Special
Teams:
The Spruce Kings had another frustrating night on
special teams. They only killed off two of three penalties for the 66% success
rate. The power play only had two opportunities to work with, but that did
include a brief stint of five-on-three play. For this team to become more
successful the man advantage is going to need to start clicking. It can’t even
be blamed on bad luck, as there have been very few cases this year where Prince
George has even been able to command the play in an opponent’s zone for any
period of time while up a man. In fact, with one shorthanded goal against them,
the team has as many goals scored against them while on the power play, as they
do actual power play goals.
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SCORING SUMMARY
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PERIOD 1
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1-0 Victoria
Grizzlies at 6:13 (PP) - Brayden
Gelsinger from Kevin Massy and Cole Pickup
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PERIOD 2
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No Scoring
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PERIOD 3
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1-1 Prince George
Spruce Kings at 15:25 - Corey Hoffman from Jake LeBrun and Rider Stoglin
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OVERTIME PERIOD 2
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2-1 Victoria
Grizzlies at 4:02 - Kevin Massy from Cole Pickup
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