The Spruce Grove Saints (13-15-2-0) travel to West Kelowna to take on the Warriors (10-15-5-2) for the third time this season on Saturday night at Royal LePage Place.
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Breakdown:
Spruce Grove:
Overall Record: 13-15-2-0 (8th in Interior Conference – 15th in BCHL)
Home Record: 5-7-2-0
Road Record: 8-8-0-0
Power Play: 16-for-93 (17.2% – 17th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 75-for-101 (76.2% – 17th in BCHL)
West Kelowna:
Overall Record: 10-15-5-2 (9th in Interior Conference – 16th in BCHL)
Home Record: 5-6-1-1
Road Record: 5-9-4-1
Power Play: 15-for-105 (14.3% – 19th in BCHL)
Penalty Kill: 99-for-107 (73.8% – 21st in BCHL)
Season Series:
Saturday, October 26th @ Grant Fuhr Arena (5-4 Saints/SO) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, November 30th @ Royal LePage Place (2-1 Saints/SO) (BOXSCORE)
Saturday, January 4th @ Royal LePage Place (8:00 PM MST)
Saturday, February 1st @ Grant Fuhr Arena (7:00 PM)
Looking Back:
Spruce Grove will look to fight back in the win column after falling by a 5-2 score on Friday night to the Trail Smoke Eaters at Cominco Arena to begin their two-game BC road trip. Max Seguin and Josh Polak collected goals for the Saints in the losing effort while Xander Miceli turned aside 20 of the 24 shots thrown his way in his 6th loss of the season.
The Warriors come into action following a 5-2 loss to the Vernon Vipers at Kal Tire Place on Friday night. Sam LeDrew and Ian Alonso each found the back of the net while Ayo Ogini started the game and lost his 3rd contest of the season, making 15 saves on 20 shots in 46:31 while Bor Glavic came on in relief and made three saves on three shots in 13:28 of action.
Saints Leading Scorers:
Josh Polak (13-12-25)
Keifer Miller (6-17-23)
Austin Peters (7-14-21)
Ryan Johnstone (11-9-20)
Max Seguin (8-10-18)
Warriors Leading Scorers:
Jackson Kyrkostas (6-25-31)
Sam LeDrew (13-15-28)
Axel Lofgren (9-10-19)
Dylan Krayer (10-5-15)
Luciano Bruno (5-6-11)
Who’s Hot:
Spruce Grove:
- Max Seguin – Forward – Orleans, Ontario
The captain comes into Saturday night with points in four of his last seven games and got the scoring back to even just 24 seconds after Trail opened the scoring on Friday with his 8th goal of the season. Seguin has three goals in his last six contests and is starting to find his scoring touch at an important time for the Saints.
West Kelowna:
- Jackson Kyrkostas – Forward – West Palm Beach, Florida – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Just shy of being a point-per-game player this season and in his BCHL career, Kyrkostas has been anchoring the Warriors offensive attack and since late November, has collected points in seven of his last eight games. The RPI commit has registered two goals and seven assists for nine points in that span while earning games with back-to-back points last Saturday in Brooks against the Bandits and in Vernon on Friday.
The Saints and Warriors play the third of their four-game season series tonight at Royal LePage Place in West Kelowna with an 8:00 PM MST puck drop. Fans can catch the game broadcasted live on the Saints Radio Network as well as streamed live on FloHockey.
