Another opposing goaltender suffered a bad case of sunburn against the Prince George Spruce Kings.
Mired in a three-game losing streak, the Spruce Kings snapped out of against the BCHL’s worst team, skating to an 8-1 victory over the Surrey Eagles.
A four-goal first period proved to be the early kill shot on the road for PG as they received a pair of markers from Marcus Lougheed followed by singles from Ozbej Rep and Kazumo Sasaki.
Tempers flared at the 17:25 mark of the opening period as Mathias Laplante (PG) and Trevor Stewart (Surrey) each received five-minute majors for fighting and game misconducts.
In the second, Quesnel product and assistant captain Carter Hesselgrave lit the lamp twice on Eagles goaltender Jayden Sharma.
In between those goals, Jackson Froysland added his second of the season for the Spruce Kings.
Mason Loewen added the only marker at 11:49 of the third period.
Prince George outshot Surrey 58-29, including a 43-19 margin in the last two periods.
Colin Reay picked up the win in net turning aside 28 Eagles shots.
The Spruce Kings went 2-for-4 on the power-play while Surrey was 0-for-4.
PG’s (8-8-0-0) next road stop is tomorrow night (Saturday) when they lock horns against the Langley Rivermen (9-8-0-0). Puck drop is at 7:15pm.
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