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Spruce Kings earn split at home

Nic Poisson did everything in his power to make sure the Prince George Spruce Kings didn’t go winless during a three-game home stand.

His two-goal, one assist effort packed the Spruce Kings to a 5-2 victory on Saturday against the West Kelowna Warriors.

Nick Bochen opened the scoring at 19:09 of the opening period to give PG a 1-0 edge after 20 minutes.

In the second, Poisson and Ryan McAllister lit the lamp against Warriors goaltender Johnny Derrick to extend the advantage to 3-1 after two periods.

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Former Cariboo Cougar and local product Brandon Dent replied for West Kelowna (4-16-3-2).

Carter Cochrane potted his first BCHL goal late in the third period to salt away the win for the Spruce Kings.

Prince George outshot West Kelowna 33-21 overall, going 1-for-3 on the power-play.

Jett Alexander made 21 saves for the victory.

On Friday, the Spruce Kings fell short by a 4-2 score against the Cowichan Valley Capitals (16-9-1-1).

Brady Lynn recorded a pair of goals and one assist for the Caps while Jaxon Steele and Andrew Seaman replied for PG.

Spruce Kings outshot Cowichan 27-24.

PG sits 9-12-2-3 on the season, good enough for third place in the Mainland Division.

A stretch of five consecutive road games awaits the Spruce Kings starting on Tuesday against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs (11-9-0-2).

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