B.C. Hockey League playoffs
Fred Page Cup championship (best-of-seven)
Prince George Spruce Kings vs. Wenatchee Wild
Game 1, Tonight
Prince George at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Game 2, Saturday
Prince George at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Game 3, Monday
Wenatchee at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Game 4, Tuesday
Wenatchee at Prince George, 7 p.m.
*Game 5, Thursday
Prince George at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
*Game 6, Saturday, April 21
Wenatchee at Prince George, 7 p.m.
*Game 7, Monday, April 23
Prince George at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
*if necessary
Series breakdown
Wenatchee Wild
Head coach/general manager: Bliss Littler; Assistant GM/assistant coach: Chris Clark; Associate head coach: Leigh Mendelson; Assistant coach: Michael Zucker.
How they reached semifinal: First round: Defeated Merritt 4-0; second round: def. Vernon 4-2; third round: def. Trail 4-1.
Regular season finish: 37-16-4-1, 79 points (third in Interior Division, third overall)
Playoff record: 12-3; 8-0 at home; 4-3 on road
Home record: 24-4-1-0 (first overall); Road record: 13-12-3-1 (fourth overall)
Goals for: 241, 4.15 per game (first in Interior, first overall)
Goals against: 158, 2.72 per game (third in Interior, fourth overall)
Playoffs: 58 goals for; 39 goals against
Power-play efficiency: 22.6 per cent (first in Interior, second overall); Playoffs: 23.7 per cent
Penalty-killing efficiency: 85.5 per cent (second in Interior, second overall); Playoffs: 87.8 per cent
Penalty minutes: 600 (second-fewest overall)
Shorthanded goals for: 12 (tied for fourth overall)
Shorthanded goals against: Eight (10th fewest overall)
Leading scorers: Regular season - Jasper Weatherby (37-37-74 BCHL scoring champion); Cooper Zech (11-58-69); AJ Vanderbeck (37-25-62); Playoffs: Weatherby (13-17-30); Sam Morton (6-16-22); Zech (4-15-19); Lucas Sowder (7-11-18); Vanderbeck (5-11-16).
NCAA college commitments (11): D Slava Demin, Denver; D Zak Galambos, Minnesota State; D Nicholas Kent, Quinnipiac; D Jacob Modry, RPI; D Chad Sasaki, Colorado College; D Cooper Zech, Ferris State; F Jasper Weatherby, North Dakota; F AJ Vanderbeck, Ohio State; F Lucas Sowder, Minnesota State; F Sam Morton, Union; F Sam Hesler, Dartmouth.
Prince George Spruce Kings
Head coach: Adam Maglio; Assistant coach: Alex Evin; General manager: Mike Hawes.
How they reached semifinal: First round: Defeated Chilliwack 4-3; second round: def. Surrey 4-3; third round: def. Powell River 4-1..
Regular season finish: 33-17-4-4, 74 points, first in Mainland Division, fourth overall
Home record: 22-5-1-1 (third overall); Away record: 11-12-3-3 (seventh overall)
Playoff record: 12-7; 9-2 (home), 3-5 (away).
Goals for: 170, 2.93 per game (tied for second in Mainland, 12th overall)
Goals against: 138, 2.33 per game (first in Mainland, third overall)
Playoffs: 52 goals for; 41 goals against
Power-play efficiency: 13.5 per cent (lowest in BCHL); Playoffs: 20.6 per cent
Penalty-killing efficiency: 84.9 per cent (best in BCHL); Playoffs: 77.5 per cent
Penalty minutes: 587 (lowest in BCHL)
Shorthanded goals for: 12 (tied for fourth overall)
Shorthanded goals against: Four (tied for fewest overall)
Leading scorers: Regular season - Ethan de Jong (17g-46a-63pts, ninth in BCHL scoring race), Ben Brar (25-29-54), Ben Poisson (22-29-51); Playoffs - de Jong (10-13-23), Kyle Johnson (6-10-16); Patrick Cozzi (4-12-16), Brar (8-7-15); Dustin Manz (5-9-14).
NCAA college commitments: Nine (G Evan DeBrouwer, Arizona State; D Layton Ahac, Ohio State; D Liam Watson-Brawn, 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).
Head-to-head this season
Wenatchee (1-1-0-0); Prince George (1-1-0-0)
Nov. 11 at Wenatchee
Wild 3 Spruce Kings 2
(Second game of three-game, 2,400-kilometre weekend roadtrip for Spruce Kings. Kings led 2-1 after one period on goals from Ben Poison and Patrick Cozzi. Sam Morton and AJ Vanderbeck scored in the second period, Wild outshot Kings 13-3 in third period, 27-25 in game).
Dec. 9 at Prince George
Spruce Kings 4 Wild 3
(Wenatchee led 3-1 on first-period goals from Vanderbeck, Cooper Zech and Nathan Iannone. Chong Min Lee's second goal of the game tied it for Kings 3:57 into third period. Blake Hayward fired the winner, his second of the game, at 7:49. Wild outshot Kings 38-19).
