B.C. Hockey League playoffs
BCHL semifinal (best-of-seven series) Prince George Spruce Kings vs. Powell River Kings
Game 1, Tonight
Powell River at Prince George, 7 p.m. Game 2, Saturday
Powell River at Prince George, 7 p.m. Game 3, Monday
Prince George at Powell River, 7 p.m. Game 4, Tuesday
Prince George at Powell River, 7 p.m. *Game 5, Thursday
Powell River at Prince George, 7 p.m. *Game 6, Saturday, April 7
Prince George at Powell River, 7 p.m. *Game 7, Monday, April 9
Surrey at Prince George, 7 p.m.
*if necessary
overall
Home record: 18-6-3-2 (seventh overall); Road record: 11-13-3-2 (eighth overall) Goals for: 214 (second in Island, fifth overall)
Goals against: 176 (first in Mainland, fifth overall) Power-play efficiency: 18.9 per cent (third in Island, ninth overall) Penalty-killing efficiency: 80.6 per cent (fourth in Island, 12th overall) Penalty minutes: 646 (fourth fewest overall) Shorthanded goals for: 13 (tied for second overall) Shorthanded goals against: Four (tied for fewest overall)
Top-three leading scorers: Regular season - F Ben Berard (29g-38a-67pts), F Carter Turnbull (30-25-55), F Jonny Evans (20-31-51). Playoffs - Turnbull (6-9-15), Berard (8-6-14), Neal Samanski (4-9-13). NCAA college commitments: Seven (F Nick Abbott, Canisius; F Ben Berard, Cornell; F Jonny Evans, Connecticut; Kevin Obssuth, Canisius; F Carter Turnbull, Connecticut; F Ben Thomas, Union; F Kyle Kanamura, Maine.
Prince George Spruce Kings
Head coach: Adam Maglio; Assistant coach: Alex Evin
How they reached semifinal: First round: Defeated Chilliwack 4-3; Second round: Defeated Surrey 4-3.
Regular season finish: fourth overall) Home record:
(third overall); Away 11-12-3-3 (seventh overall)
170 (tied for second in Mainland, 12th overall)
138 (first in Mainland, third
13.5 per cent (low- 84.9 per cent
Ben Poisson (22-29-51); Playoffs - de Jong ((9-7-16), Patrick Cozzi (3-10-13), Kyle Johnson (4-6-10).
NCAA college commitments: Nine (G Evan DeBrouwer, Arizona State; D Layton Ahac, Ohio State; D Liam WatsonBrawn, Colgate; C Dustin Manz, Lake Superior State; C Blake Hayward, Union College; RW Ethan de Jong, Quinnipiac; LW Brady Bjork, Notre Dame; C Kyle Johnson, Yale; LW Patrick Cozzi, Colorado State).