Tonight, at the Rolling Mix Concrete Arena, the Prince George Spruce Kings wrap up a home and home with the Vernon Vipers tonight at 7:00 PM. Prince George is coming off a 4-3 defeat on Wednesday night to the Vipers. Rowan Miller had two goals and a helper, while Nick Rhéaume also scored his team leading 10th goal of the season.
PRINCE GEORGE SPRUCE KINGS
OVERVIEW
Head Coach: Alex Evin
2021-22 Season Record: 8-5-0-0
2021-22 Home Record: 4-2-0-0
Goals For/Goals Against: 53 GF/33 GA (+20)
Power-Play: 37.3% (1st)
Penalty Kill: 76.6% (11th)
Leading Scorers: Nick Rhéaume (13GP – 10G – 11A – 21PTS) John Herrington (13GP – 9G – 11A – 20PTS) Simon Labelle (13GP – 4G – 13A – 17 PTS)
Start The Chevy
Spruce Kings defenceman and 20 year old Dylan Schives had three assists in the setback on Wednesday against Vernon. Schives now has six points in his last five games heading into tonight’s clash against the Vipers. The Tilbury, ON product also leads all BCHL skaters in power-play assists.
PRINCE GEORGE FACTS:
-Rowan Miller comes into tonight’s game with a 5 game point streak
– Tonight marks the first home game against Vernon since November of 2019
-John Herrington, Nick Rhéaume, Simon Labelle, and Dylan Schives sit 1-4 in BCHL power-play points
VERNON VIPERS
OVERVIEW
Head Coach: Jason Mckee
2021-22 Record: 4-4-3-1
2021-22 Road Record: 0-4-2-0
Goals For/Goals Against: 33 GF/38 GA (-5)
Power-Play: 20.5% (11th)
Penalty-Kill: 68.6% (16th)
Leading Scorers: Cameron MacDonald (5GP – 4G – 6A – 10PTS) Luke Buss (12GP – 4G – 5A – 9PTS) Reagan Milburn (12GP – 4G – 5A – 9PTS)
IN THE PIPES
Goaltender and 18 year old Roan Clarke has been getting the bulk of the starts in the pipes thus far for the Vipers. The ’03 born netminder from Cloverdale sports a 3-3-2 record in eight games played. Clarke was the winning goaltender on Wednesday, making 24 saves.
VERNON FACTS
- Wednesday’s victory on Wednesday for Vernon marked their first victory in six games
- Logan Lorenz and Ryan Shostak both lead the Vipers in power-play goals (2)
- Both Griffen Barr and Matthew Culling scored their first goals of the season on Wednesday Night
