This weekend will be the Prince George Spruce Kings’ last visit to the Okanagan for the regular season. A pair of games with two different storylines. On the one hand, the Spruce Kings take on the West Kelowna Warriors and visit Royal LePage Place, a building they’ve been unable to find a win in this season. On the other, they’ll venture to Kal Tire Place on Saturday to face the Vernon Vipers. The Spruce Kings have won each of the previous trips to Vernon this season and will look to complete the sweep inside the Vipers’ building.
Friday, March 10th @ Royal LePage Place (7:00 PM)
Saturday, March 11th @ Kal Tire Place (6:00 PM)
REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE VS. WEST KELOWNA WARRIORS (WARRIORS LEAD SEASON SERIES 3-1
Friday, November 25th @ Kopar Memorial Arena (2-1 Spruce Kings) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, November 26th @ Kopar Memorial Arena (4-3 Warriors) (BOXSCORE)
Wednesday, December 7th @ Royal LePage Place (6-3 Warriors) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, January 13th @ Royal LePage Place (BOXSCORE)
Friday, March 10th @ Royal LePage Place (7:00 PM)
Wins have been hard for the Spruce Kings to come by whenever they visit West Kelowna. In the last five years, the Spruce Kings have only been able to find the win column on one occasion. That was back on February 1, 2020, when PG came away with a 3-1 victory.
Pittsburgh Penguins draftee Luke Devlin has been a strong performer against the Spruce Kings this season. Through the four meetings of these two sides, Devlin has scored six points (three goals, three assists).
For Prince George, it’s been Austin Fraser who’s had the scoring touch despite his team not finding much success in the final results. Fraser has matched Devlin’s six points through four games, scoring four goals and two assists.
REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE VS. VERNON VIPERS (SPRUCE KINGS LEAD SEASON SERIES 4-2)
Friday, September 30th @ Kopar Memorial Arena (4-2 Spruce Kings) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, October 1st @ Kopar Memorial Arena (5-1 Vipers) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, October 14th @ Kal Tire Place (2-1 SO Spruce Kings) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, October 22nd @ Kal Tire Place (8-0 Spruce Kings) (BOXSCORE)
Friday, March 3rd @ Kopar Memorial Arena (3-2 Spruce Kings) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, March 4th @ Kopar Memorial Arena (3-0 Vipers) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, March 11th @ Kal Tire Place (6:00 PM)
After these two sides split last weekend’s series at Kopar Memorial Arena, the Spruce Kings will head into Kal Tire Place looking to wrap up the season series with a season sweep of the Vipers inside Kal Tire Place. Through the previous two meetings in Vernon, the Spruce Kings have pieced together a dramatic shootout win and an 8-0 victory.
Through the season series, the Spruce Kings have outscored the Vipers 18-13 through four meetings.
Spruce Kings Leading Scorers:
John Herrington (20-22-42)
Kilian McGregor-Bennett (9-25-34)
Ty Gagno (16-16-32)
Austin Fraser (10-22-32)
Jake Schneider (17-14-31)
Warriors Leading Scorers:
Jaiden Moriello (23-23-46)
Ben MacDonald (21-21-42)
Rylee Hlusiak (16-24-40)
Isaiah Norlin (4-33-37)
Michael Salandra (15-18-33)
Vipers Leading Scorers:
Lee Parks (20-23-43)
Reagan Milburn (15-25-40)
Luke Pakulak (12-20-32)
Hank Cleaves (11-20-31)
Walker Erickson (15-13-28)
Friday’s broadcast will be available on 99.3 REWIND Radio with the Spruce Kings Pre-Game Show with Ethan Ready beginning at 6:45 p.m. Saturday’s game will be available on Mixlr for an audio-only broadcast. Both games will be available on BCHLTV.ca.
