Close, but no cigar.
The Prince George Spruce Kings gave the Sherwood Park Crusaders all they could handle at the BCHL Showcase, but it wasn’t quite enough.
Two third period goals in a span of 3:35 by Braeden O’Keefe proved to be the difference as the Crusaders escaped with a 3-2 victory Tuesday night in Abbotsford.
The Spruce Kings found themselves up 2-1 early in the third thanks to a goal from Mason Loewen, his first of the season.
Quincy Supprien opened the scoring for Sherwood Park at the 18:57 mark of the first period giving them a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.
Ben Vreugdenhil notched his first in the BCHL at on the power-play from Kazumo Sasaki and Marcus Lougheed in the middle period.
The Crusaders outshot the Spruce Kings 33-27. PG went 1-for-3 on the power-play while Sherwood Park was 0-for-2.
Colin Reay made 30 saves in defeat while his counterpart Jack Scali stopped 25 of 27 Spruce Kings pucks in the victory.
PG drops to 3-3 and will play the Brooks Bandits (4-2-1) at 4pm Pacific Time today (Wednesday).
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