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1 Final
Score 2
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LeBrun
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Goal
Scorers
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Baker,
Milliken
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19
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Total
Shots
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27
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7
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1st
Period Shots
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8
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6
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2nd
Period Shots
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11
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6
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3rd
Period Shots
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8
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1
for 4
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Power
Play
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1
for 7
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3rd
Star
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Chase
Perry
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2nd
Star
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Matthew
Baker
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1st
Star
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Logan
Milliken
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5-15-0-2
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Current
Record
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14-5-1-2
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The Prince George Spruce Kings played with fire, and
they got burned. Even though the Wenatchee Wild entered the game with the 4th
worst power play in the league, when you give a team seven opportunities
chances are they’re going to convert at least once.
Things started out really good for PG though. Penner
took a roughing penalty, but drew Milliken into taking a pair of penalties
himself. That sent the Spruce Kings to the first power play of the night.
Against the Victoria Grizzlies Prince George was shut
out all six times while on the man advantge, but erased that streak in their first
power play of the game. In fact, they did it just eight seconds. Matt Stief
slid a puck over the awaiting Jake LeBrun, and from the right faceoff dot he
slapped home his team leading sixth PPG of the year.
That lead would last through the period, and into the
second as the Spruce Kings killed off five consecutive penalties within an 18
minute span. Prince George finally earned a break, and headed to the PP when
Matthew Burchill took an elbowing penalty. The visiting team had a strong push,
and was able to create some good chances, but things were cut short when Adam
Burnett took a penalty with 20 seconds left in the teams power play and give
Wenatchee their sixth man advantage. Matthew Baker would capitalize on it, and
tie the game at one apiece.
Then when it looked like the teams would head to the
locker room tied, the Spruce Kings allowed a big rebound to get kicked out in
front, and Logan Milliken who was trailing the play knocked home his third goal
of the season for Wild to lead with 34 seconds remaining.
The third was a big game of dump and chase for both
teams, with no major chances either way. The best came on the Spruce Kings
power play in the third, when Nic Ponak was alone in front, but couldn’t lift
the puck over the sliding leg of Chase Perry. Then a few moments later Guerra
created a partial break, but was denied once again by Perry.
For his efforts Perry earned the third star of the
night which was well deserved, as he only allowed one goal in his first three
games in PG, but wasn’t selected as a star as there weren’t many shots in any
of the games. He got in the middle of a shoving match after the game, as he
went after Hoffman after the final buzzer while the forward was digging for a
puck. The Braiden Epp came over, and gave a goalie a few pushes before he was
taken away from some Wild players.
Turning
Point:
Rather than capitalizing on their second power play of
the game, the Spruce Kings took a penalty late in, and ended their man advatge
while giving Wenatchee one of their own which they would take advantage of to
tie the game.
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SCORING SUMMARY
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PERIOD 1
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1-0 Prince George
Spruce Kings at 2:48 (PP) - Jake LeBrun from Matthew Stief and Cavin Tilsley
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PERIOD 2
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1-1 Wenatchee Wild at
11:00 (PP) - Matthew Baker from Blake
Christensen and Brendan Harris
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2-1 Wenatchee Wild at
19:26 - Logan Milliken from Troy Conzo and Mike Coyne
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PERIOD 3
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No Scoring
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