Maybe a change of scenery will do some good and perhaps staying out of the penalty box.
Costly penalties proved to be the undoing of the Prince George Spruce Kings Saturday night falling 4-2 to the Chilliwack Chiefs in front of 2,109 fans at the Chilliwack Coliseum.
A pair of goals 46 seconds apart in the period ended up being the straw that broke the camel’s back for PG as Brady Milburn collected his third of the series on the power-play at 7:14 of the second period.
Carter Anderson replied at even strength courtesy of Arjun Bawa and Connor Arsenault.
Chilliwack opened the scoring 1:21 into the first period as Dustin Renas solved Spruce Kings netminder Charles-Edward Gravel to give the hosts a 1-0 edge.
Nicholas Papineau responded for PG after taking a feed from Ryan Wachtel, finding the back of the net against Chiefs starter Quentin Miller.
Jayden Veney took the wind out of the Spruce Kings sail temporarily as his late-period goal put Chilliwack in the drivers seat up 2-1 after 20 minutes.
Brock Cummings evened the score at 4:12 of the middle frame from Linden Makow and Will Moore to tie it at 2-2.
Prince George outshot Chilliwack 37-36 but went 0-4 on the power-play while Chilliwack was 2-for-5.
Gravel made 32 saves in defeat while Miller proved a little better stopping 35 Spruce King shots.
The Chiefs lead the best-of-seven Coastal Conference quarterfinal 2-0. Games Three and Four are set for Tuesday and Wednesday from the Kopar Memorial Arena.
Puck drop is set for 7pm.
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