The fight for the Coastal East Division will likely come down to the wire.
A night after falling short to begin the BCHL Road Show in Burns Lake, the Coquitlam Express dusted themselves off and responded with a 4-2 victory Sunday afternoon over the Prince George Spruce Kings in front of 774 fans at the Tom Forsyth Arena.
The Spruce Kings skated to a 5-2 win on Saturday.
Nate Crema opened the scoring for Coquitlam potting his 13th of the season past Spruce Kings netminder Colin Reay for a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes.
Marcus Lougheed continued his hot weekend for PG scoring his third goal in two games, notching his 17th of the BCHL campaign, lightning the lamp against Express goalie Ryan Parker evening the score at one.
Five minutes later, Coquitlam put themselves back in the driver’s seat courtesy of a Brady Engelkes marker capping off a three-way scoring play that included Luke Pfoh and Michael Munroe.
In the third period, PG’s power-play put them back on terms. Ben Vreugdenhil accepted a Tai Ushio pass, making it a 2-2 score.
Unfortunately, the comeback was short-lived as Munroe collected the game-winner at the 2:59 mark beating Reay.
Carson McGinley added the empty netter with less than 30 seconds remaining icing the road victory.
The Express outshot the Spruce Kings 41-32. Coquitlam went 0-for-3 on the power-play while the Spruce Kings were 1-for-3.
Reay made 39 saves in defeat for PG. Parker stopped 30 Spruce Kings shots in the victory.
Coquitlam (24-14-1-1) is now two points back of the Spruce Kings (25-14-2-0) for first place in the Coastal East Division.
Prince George returns to the Kopar Memorial Arena for a pair of home games against the Powell River Kings (8-30-2-1) Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 6pm.
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