The Spruce Kings were welcomed back after Christmas break with a wild one south of the border.
Ben LeFranc was the overtime hero, scoring his second of the year in front of 3028 fans to cap off a game that saw the Kings rally from behind multiple times.
Entering the second period down 2-0, the Kings got to work.
Amran Bhabra scored his second of the year at 8:30 to make it 2-1, but the Wild would strike again just over a minute later to restore the two goal lead.
Then, two late period goals from Jake Schneider and Ty Gagno brought the Spruce Kings to a tie entering the third.
The comeback was not over, Wenatchee took the lead again 6:21 into the third.
Killian McGregor-Bennett would be the one to force overtime with the Kings’ second game tying goal at 10:55.
Prince George went 0/4 on the powerplay and 2/3 penalty killing.
They outshot Wenatchee 39-26.
The win improves the Spruce Kings’ record to 16-10-4-0, keeping themselves in fourth place in the Interior division, two points ahead of Vernon and two points behind West Kelowna.
Wenatchee falls to 12-15-1-2, remaining in 8th place in the Interior.
The two teams will face off again this afternoon at 5:05.
You can find the game’s box score here.
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