MERRITT BC – Rowan Miller, Max Borovinskiy, and Nick Rheaume all scored their first goals in Spruce King colours, while Aaron Trotter got his first win as a Spruce King making 27 saves to lead the Spruce Kings to a 4-1 win to kick off the pre-season.
1st Period:
PG: At 10:06 of the period, Rowan Miller netted his first of the pre-season as he poked the puck in tight past goalie Josh Dias to give PG the early lead on the power-play. Christian Buono had the lone helper on the Miller tally.
PG: At 11:34 of the first, 16 year old Max Borovinskiy got a great feed from Hunor Torzsok and made no mistake with a nice little move around Dias to double the Spruce Kings lead. Torzsok had the lone helper on Borovinskiy’s first of the pre-season.
SHOTS:
14-9 PG
2nd Period:
PG: 3:27 into the frame, Corey Cunningham forced a turnover in the offensive zone and was able to deposit the puck by Dias to make it a 3-0 Spruce Kings lead. Cunningham’s first of the pre-season came unassisted.
PG: Sherbrooke, QC product Nick Rhéaume hammered the puck past Dias in tight to make it 4-0. The Spruce King newcomer’s first of the pre-season came from Hunor Torzsok and Max Borovinskiy at 15:55.
MER: Jerzy Orchard took the puck to the right circle and snuck it five hole past Aaron Trotter to get the Centennials on the board. The Orchard marker came at 16:57 of the period.
SHOTS:
11-11
3rd Period:
NO SCORING
SHOTS:
8-7 MER
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Final Score: Prince George 4 Merritt 1
Final Shots: Prince George 32 Merritt 28
Aaron Trotter: 27/28 Saves for Prince George (1-0)
Josh Dias: 28/32 Saves for Merritt (0-1)
Prince George Power-Play: 1/8
Merritt Power-Play: 0/8
3 Stars:
1st Star: Max Borovinskiy (PG 1 G 1 A)
2nd Star: Hunor Torzsok (PG 2 A)
3rd Star: Jerzy Orchard ( 1 G)
Fortis BC Energy Player Of The Game: Jacksenn Hungle (MER)
