Kolton Cousins isn’t a huge scorer by trade but on Saturday it was his turn to enjoy some offensive glory.
His four point performance, which included a hat-trick paced the Prince George Spruce Kings to a 6-3 win over the Langley Rivermen in front of 803 fans at the Rolling Mix Concrete Arena.
Prince George never trailed in the game as they were tied 1-1 after the first period and enjoyed a 3-2 advantage after 40 minutes.
Corey Cunningham and Ryan McAllister lit the lamp in the middle frame for the Spruce Kings.
The last two goals from Cousins came in the third period to seal the deal while Evan Orr capped off a one goal, three assist game by trickling one in on Langley goaltender Braedon Fleming with a single second left in regulation.
Prince George went 3-for-8 on the man advantage despite being outshot 28-26.
Brendan Budy scored twice for the Rivermen in defeat while Colten Kovich added a single.
Fleming made 20 saves in the loss for Langley.
On Friday, it was more of the same from the Spruce Kings, only this time it was Nolan Welsh with a two goal performance pacing PG to a 4-2 victory over the Rivermen.
Langley went up 2-0 early in the second period courtesy of Joseph Musa and Devin Leduc only to see it squandered away by allowing four unanswered goals.
Preston Brodziak and Chong Min Lee also solved Fleming during game one of the double-header.
Jett Alexander made 34 saves for the 8-9-2-1 Spruce Kings who leapfrog to third in the Mainland Division, seven points back of the Chilliwack Chiefs for second place.
Langley drops to 8-13-0-0 on the campaign.
Next up for Prince George will be a three-game road swing through the Lower Mainland starting on Wednesday when the play the first-place Coquitlam Express (16-4-0-0).
The trip will end with a pair of games Friday and Saturday against the Surrey Eagles and Chilliwack Chiefs.