By Jared Thomas, Cents Communications Manager.
The Centennials out-willed and outlasted the Prince George Spruce Kings for their first win of the pod season series against their northern rivals 6-5 on Saturday.
The first period, may have been the best first period from the Cents in the pod, but certainly against the Spruce Kings. Despite surrendering a shorthanded goal to Christian Buono to open the scoring, the Cents bounced back with an answer on the powerplay as Alex Ochitwa sent a backhander past Jordan Fairlie to tie the game and end the shutout streak PG had going against the Cents for 2 and some games. Shots after 1 were 11-7 Prince George.
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The Komets celebrate a goal during their 5-4 overtime victory over the Indy Fuel on Sunday in Indianapolis.
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The Komets Olivier Galipeau, right, sends the puck up the boards Sunday as he s defended by the Indy Fuel s Alex Rauter in Indianapolis.
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The Komets Justin Vaive, left, begins a tussle with the Indy Fuel s Nick Hutchison that soon turns into a full-fledged fight Sunday in Indianapolis.
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Komets goaltender Robbie Beydoun, right, readies to stop the puck as the Indy Fuel s Jared Thomas, middle, and Fort Wayne s Matt Murphy look for control Sunday in Indianapolis.
Alejandro Rosario allowed nine hits and four earned runs through five innings. Photo credit: Andy Mead/UNC Athletics
Two games, and two losses for the Miami Hurricanes against the UNC Tar Heels at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium. Due to an ominous weather forecast in Chapel Hill for Saturday’s scheduled game, the teams played a doubleheader Friday, one the Canes will want to forget.
Miami fell 4-2 in Game 1 Friday after a slow start. The Tar Heels built an early cushion though methodical, station-to-station baseball, scoring a single run in four of the first five frames during the 3 p.m. contest.
In a whirlwind week of BCHL action that saw the Centennials play three games in four nights, the Merritt squad was able to pick up its first pair of points on the season.
It was quite a strong bounce-back effort for the Cents on Thurs. April 8, just 24 hours after allowing the Prince George Spruce Kings to score in the double digits for a third straight loss.
Yet hitting the ice for game four of the shortened pod season, a quick turnaround had Merritt up 2-0 after twenty minutes of play against the Chilliwack Chiefs in their own barn, thanks to the first of the season from both Walker Erickson and Josh Olson. Erickson capitalized after a nice give-and-go with Brandon Dent, before just over one minute later, Olson shovelled home a rebound after a few deflections in close.
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The Komets dominated puck possession and scoring opportunities Saturday night. But when the final buzzer blared, the Indy Fuel had outscored Fort Wayne 6-3, in front of 3,111 restless fans at Memorial Coliseum.
“It s a frustrating loss,” Komets coach Ben Boudreau said. “But if you re going to lose, you want to lose playing the right way. I thought our effort was there. It seems like they capitalized on every single chance that they got. But I thought we skated them into the ground. Their goalie was pretty good, but we ve just got to find a way to regroup and win the series (today).”