 
VS
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3 Final
Score 2
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Basilico,
Brubacher, Raposo
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Goal
Scorers
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Raabe, Drabin
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17
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Total
Shots
|
29
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6
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1st
Period Shots
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5
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4
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2nd
Period Shots
|
12
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7
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3rd
Period Shots
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12
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0
for 0
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Power
Play
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0
for 0
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Adam
Burnett
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3rd
Star
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Dante
Raposo
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2nd
Star
|
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Sam
Tanguay
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1st
Star
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5-12-0-1
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Current
Record
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11-5-2-1
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From start to finish it was thrilling.
Sam Tanguay played his best game as a Spruce King, and
Dante Raposo a callup from the Kamloops Storm scored a highlight reel goal that
turned out to be the game winner against the Wenatchee Wild.
As the shots total above shows, Prince George certainly
didn’t dominate the play, but found a way to cash in when needed which wasn’t the
case the night before. It started out with Stief and Brubacher taking bombs
from the point, and eventually a rebound popped out that Bryan Basilico knocked
in for his first even strength goal of the season. That broke the nearly nine
period shutout streak that Chase Perry was carrying against the Spruce Kings.
Shortly in the second, the Wild answered right back as
Bryon Yoon passed the puck to Mike Coyne who made a nifty no look pass to
Dakota Raabe who scored his fifth goal of the season against Prince George. A
minute later though it was Brubacher who had the puck at the blueline, decked
past the on rushing attacker, and rode in for a shot to beat Perry and retake
the lead.
The Spruce Kings seemed to hold onto that lead for
dear life, and would take it into the third period courtesy of Tanguay’s
stellar netminding.
The ex-OHLer wasn’t done there though, as in the third
he made a diving glove save to keep his team up by one, and shortly after made
a pair of big glove saves. Right after snaring one in the leather and holding
on for a faceoff, Wenatchee would strike back.
Of the draw the Wild had Tanguay sliding one way, so
he couldn’t get back to the other side in time, and Joseph Drabin banked it off
the back of his pad and in.
Moments later something miraculous happened.
Going down the left side Dante Raposo was one-on-one
with the Wild defender. The callup forward easily could have dumped the puck
and chased after it, but decided to poke the puck through the legs of the
blueliner, and spin right around him. He got the puck back, and rifled it past
the glove of Perry to turn The Coliseum into a madhouse on the eve of
Halloween.
Wenatchee would press late again looking to tie the
game, but once again Tanguay came up big stopping everything else he faced to
preserve the 3-2 win.
The Spruce Kings will head out on a roadtrip to the
island next weekend, where they’ll be in Powell River, Alberni Valley, and
Victoria.
Game Notes:
The Spruce Kings are undefeated (3-0) when leading
after two periods of play. It was the teams first win against the Wild since
they joined the BCHL this year. Wenatchee suffered just their third divisional loss
after dropping games to Langley and Chilliwack.
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| PERIOD 1 |
| 1-0 Prince George Spruce Kings at 18:07 - Bryan Basilico from Matthew Stief and Adam Brubacher |
| PERIOD 2 |
| 1-1 Wenatchee Wild at 2:22 - Dakota Raabe from Mike Coyne and Bryon Yoon |
| 2-1 Prince George Spruce Kings at 3:20 - Adam Brubacher from Connor Logan and Parker Colley |
| PERIOD 3 |
| 2-2 Wenatchee Wild at 11:56 - Joseph Drabin from Troy Conzo |
| 3-2 Prince George Spruce Kings at 15:35 - Dante Raposo from Matthew Stief |
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