Tonight, at Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna, the Spruce Kings take on the West Kelowna Warriors in the Spruce Kings final road game of the 2021-22 regular season. Prince George is coming off a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Penticton Vees last night at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Nick Rhéaume and Simon Labelle both scored for the Spruce Kings on the power-play, and Aaron Trotter made 34 saves, earning third star honours.
PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS
OVERVIEW
Head Coach: Alex Evin
2021-22 Season Record: 25-13-3-8
2021-22 Road Record: 14-8-1-4
2021-22 Season Record vs. WK: 1-2-0-2
Last Game: A 3-2 loss to Penticton last night at the South Okanagan Events Centre.
Goals For/Goals Against: 152 GF/103 GA
Power-Play: 22.3%
Penalty-Kill: 82.2%
Leading Scorers: Nick Rhéaume (48GP – 25G – 28A – 53PTS) John Herrington (49GP – 21G – 27A – 48PTS) Rowan Miller (48GP – 21G – 19A – 40PTS)
THE TERRIFIC SEASON CONTINUES
The beat has continued on offensively for Nick Rhéaume. The U-Mass Lowell commit added another goal to his totals last night, scoring his 25th on the campaign, coming on the man advantage. Rhéaume, 19, leads the team in goals and points in 48 games played this season. Rhéaume is tied for 9th in scoring in the entire BC Hockey League.
SPRUCE KINGS NOTES
-The Spruce Kings have allowed the second least amount of goals on the road this season (55)
-The Spruce Kings have scored the game’s first goal in 31 of 49 games this season (19-7-1-4 when scoring first)
-Jordan Fairlie and Aaron Trotter sit 2nd and 4th in BCHL Save Percentage (Fairlie .924, Trotter .921)
WEST KELOWNA WARRIORS
OVERVIEW
Head Coach: Simon Ferguson
2021-22 Season Record: 28-16-1-0
2021-22 Home Record: 15-6-1-0
2021-22 Record vs. PG: 4-1-0-0
Last Game: A 5-2 victory in Trail last night
Goals For/Goals Against: 176 GF/141 GA
Power-Play: 23.0%
Penalty-Kill: 81.0%
Leading Scorers: Felix Trudeau (43GP – 26G – 27A – 53PTS) Tyler Cristall (41GP – 24G – 22A – 46PTS) Elan Bar-Lev-Wise (45GP – 18G – 25A – 43PTS)
IN THE CLUTCH
When playing the Spruce Kings, it’s been forward Chase Defoe kick starting the offence. In five games against Prince George this year, Dafoe has scored four times, and also added a shootout marker the last time the two teams met back at the Rolling Mix Concrete Arena. The Providence College commit has posted 13 goals and 13 helpers in 39 games this year with West Kelowna.
WARRIORS NOTES
–Felix Trudeau sits tied in 9th with Nick Rhéaume in league scoring
-Alexi Van Houtte Cachero sits second in the BCHL in short handed points
-The Warriors are 18-3-1 when scoring first
