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4-12-0-1
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Record
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11-4-2-1
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35
(17th)
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Goals
For
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67
(T-2nd)
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71
(15th)
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Goals
Against
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42
(3rd)
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17.81%
(11th)
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Power
Play
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18.27%
(9th)
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74.39%
(16th)
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Penalty
Kill
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86.67%
(2nd)
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Venue: The
Coliseum
Game Time: 7pm
Season Series: 3-0 in favour of the Wild. Wins 5-1, 8-0, and 3-0.
Game Preview:
In the second game in two nights against the Wild,
the Spruce Kings are still searching for their first win against the American
team after losing the first two games of the season to Wenatchee. Last night
was as close a game as Prince George has had, but only mustered up six shots
combined in the final two periods. Chase Perry has been a wall in net this year
against the Spruce Kings, and hasn't allowed a goal in the last eight periods.
The only goal he let in was a centring pass that went in off a rebound. The
positive last night for the Spruce Kings was their penalty kill, as they held
the Wild off on five occasions.
Prince George Home Record: 2-6-0-0
Spruce Kings Leading Scorer: Corey Hoffman, 6 goals, 10 assists, 16 points
Wenatchee Road Record: 7-3-1-1
Wild Leading Scorer: Mike Coyne, 3 goals, 16 assists, 19points
Player to watch:
Spruce Kings:
Jake LeBrun – FW: Last night was a strong one for LeBrun. He had a
number of good offensive breaks, but couldn’t beat Perry. His best came on a
burst down the left side when he cut to the net, and tried to go five hole on
Perry, but couldn’t quite pot it home.
Sam Tanguay – G: Tanguay will be following up arguably his best
performance with the Spruce Kings. He made a number of highlight saves, and
only allowed two goals, as the third was an empty netter.
Wild:
Bryon Yoon- D: Munching a lot of minutes last night, Yoon showed
no signs of bus legs. Right off the start he was making crisp passes, and
getting into it with Spruce Kings players when they came after him on the
forecheck. He played a lot of minutes, and had an assist in the game for his
efforts.
Dakota Raabe- FW: With a goal last night, Raabe now has four goals in
three games against Prince George, and five points in total. He was an
offensive threat all last night, and will look to do the same tonight.
In the Standings:
With the win last night,
the Wild move four points ahead of Langley for first in the Mainland division.
All teams in the division will be in action tonight, as the Rivermen play host
to the Express, and the Chiefs play the Surrey Eagles. The Spruce Kings are
precariously sitting on the 5th position, one point ahead of Surrey,
and looking to start gaining ground on Coquitlam who hold eight points over the
Spruce Kings.
Special Teams Battle:
Last night it was a stalemate
for special teams. Wenatchee went 0 for 5, and the Spruce Kings were 0 for 2,
although it seemed like every single power play was interrupted by another
penalty making it four-on-four. The Spruce Kings have just two even strength goals
in their last 4 games.
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