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Spruce Kings Drop Closely Contested Battle In Surrey 3-0

SURREY BC – Friday night at the South Surrey Arena was not the Spruce Kings (16-25-5) night as they fell to the Surrey Eagles (19-20-7) by a 3-0 score. Christophe Tellier and Hudson Schandor had two points each, while Tellier was also credited with the eventual game winning goal that came in the second period. Surrey goaltender and Cloverdale BC native Reece Klassen stopped all 35 shots he saw on route to a shutout for Surrey. Carter Woodside stopped 22 out of 25 in the defeat for Prince George.

 

1st Period:

 

No scoring:

 

Shots: 11-5 Prince George

 

2nd Period:

 

SUR: Christophe Tellier (25) released a rocket of a one timer past Carter Woodside on the power-play to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. Brendan Kim and Hudson Schandor were credited with the helpers on the marker at 6:35.

 

SUR: At 11:06 of the second frame, Hassan Akl was able to net home his 2nd of the year on a rebound off a shot from Wyatt Schlaht to make it 2-0 Surrey.

 

Shots: 19-11 Prince George

 

 

3rd Period:

 

SUR: At 11:46 of the third, a very pretty play between Hudson Schandor and Christophe Tellier resulted in a tic tac goal to put the Eagles up by 3. Jimmy Darby was credited with the secondary helper.

 

Shots: 9-3  SUR

 

 

Final Score: Prince George 0 – Surrey 3

 

Final Shots: 35-25 Prince George

 

Carter Woodside: 22/25 saves for Prince George (5-5-0)

 

Reece Klassen: 35/35 saves for Surrey (4-1-1)

 

Prince George Power-Play: 0/6

 

Surrey Power-Play: 1/2

 

3 Stars:

 

  • Reece Klassen (SUR-35 SV- Shutout)
  • Hudson Schandor (SUR 1 G 1 A)
  • Christophe Tellier (SUR 1 G 1 A)

 

Fortis BC Energy Player of The Game:

 

Brendan Kim (SUR 1 A)

 

Next Spruce Kings Game: On the road tomorrow night against the Chilliwack Chiefs

 

QUOTES:

 

“Their goalie had a great night and you have to give him credit. I don’t think we gave them much and thought our effort was there for the majority of the game”. “Tomorrow is going to be a tough test in Chilliwack and we know that, but if we come ready to play and execute what we need to do, I think we will be successful”– Spruce Kings Associate Coach Colin Minardi

 

“Woody (Woodside) was great again tonight. Definitely was not his fault, they scored a couple of nice ones tonight and sometimes that is going to happen”- Minardi on Carter Woodside’s performance.

 

NOTES:

 

  • The Spruce Kings record now sits at 5-8-2 when tied after the opening period.
  • Friday’s loss marks the 5th time PG has fell to the Eagles this season.
  • The first half of the road trip wraps up tomorrow night in Chilliwack.