The power play scored twice and the Prince George Spruce Kings stayed with it after the game got tied in the second and came away with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday night to tie the first round series with the Chilliwack Chiefs at two games each.
Brock Cummings got the first power-play goal of the series for Prince George as his deflection of a Trent LeDrew point shot for his fourth of the playoffs, in a period where the Spruce Kings were out-shot 13-3 in the frame.
Linden Makow made it 2-0 just 6:39 into the second period as he deflected a Ludvig Basth point shot past Quentin Miller as LeDrew picked up his second assist.
The Chiefs fired back on a 5-on-3 when Caleb Elfering put a rebound home off a Carter Anderson one-timer as Mateo Mrsic grabbed the second assist.
Mrsic would tie the game at 14:53 after blocking a point shot and heading in to beat Charles Gravel on the glove side.
Prince George showed their resiliency just 1:22 later as Makow scored his second of the night on a 4-on-3 power play as Kazumo Sasaki found Cummings down low and his backhand pass went right to Makow who capitalized.
Ryan Wachtel scored 1:11 later, burying a rebound from a Nicolas Papineau shot as Brendan Gillmore picked up the secondary assist to give the Spruce Kings a 4-2 lead.
The Spruce Kings would seal the deal shorthanded at 18:49 when Owen Goodbrand’s backhand clearance slid into the empty net after LeDrew blocked a shot down low.
One of the biggest storylines of the game was the play of Charles Gravel, as the Chiefs out-shot the Spruce Kings by a 45-25 margin, with Gravel earning the 1st star with 43 saves.
Game 5 goes Friday night in Chilliwack at 7:00 pm, and can be heard on 99.3 REWIND RADIO.
Game 6 will be at Kopar Memorial Arena on SUNDAY APRIL 13TH AT 6:00 PM.
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