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Spruce Kings split a pair of road games prior to lengthy layoff

Not even a day of rest between games was enough for the Prince George Spruce Kings to sweep a road double header.

A pair of goals from Judah Makway along with singles from Ridge Dawson and Ethan Warrener paced the Trail Smoke Eaters to a 4-1 win over the Spruce Kings in BCHL action on Sunday from the Cominco Arena.

Both teams decided to take the opening 20 minutes to get to know each other electing not to light the lamp.

Makway opened the scoring for Trail at the 4:01 mark of the second, assisted by Warrener and Mathieu Cobetto-Roy.

Linden Makow attempted to ignite a second-consecutive comeback for PG by scoring shorthanded at 7:39 of the third period to trim the deficit to 2-1.

The Smoke Eaters outshot the Spruce Kings (12-18-3-0) 36-29, while also going 1-for-2 on the power-play.

Ryan Parker picked up the 28 save victory in goal for Trail (15-12-6-0), while Charlie Zolin made 32 stops in defeat.

On Friday, you could say world-renowned magician David Copperfield sprinkled some magic dust on the blades of the Spruce Kings sticks in the third period against the Chilliwack Chiefs.

Skogen Schrott and Alexis Cournoyer strike twice 31 seconds apart while Kilian McGregor-Bennett completed the comeback at 2:20 of overtime to cap off the 4-3 victory.

Matt Argentina and McGregor-Bennett each scored to begin the Friday night clash at 1-1.

The Chiefs pulled ahead 3-1 after 40 minutes of play courtesy of Caleb Elfring and a power-play marker from star blueliner, Brian Morse.

PG outshot Chilliwack 32-30 while both teams went 1-for-4 on the man advantage.

Ryan Sanborn made 27 saves in the win while his counterpart, Austin McNicholas corralled 28 pucks in a losing cause for Chilliwack.

The Spruce Kings are now off until hosting the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (22-9-0-2) January 26th and 27th from the Kopar Memorial Arena.

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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