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Spruce Kings close to sellouts

The rush for Prince George Spruce Kings' tickets for the first two games of the B.C. Hockey League championship series was anticipated. Those tickets are a hot commodity. It's not a complete sellout yet, but it's close.
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The rush for Prince George Spruce Kings' tickets for the first two games of the B.C. Hockey League championship series was anticipated.

Those tickets are a hot commodity.

It's not a complete sellout yet, but it's close.

As of Wednesday afternoon less than 90 standing room spots remained unsold for Friday's opener against the Vernon Vipers and there were less than 200 standing room spaces at Rolling Mix Concrete Arena for Game 2 on Saturday.

The team sold 3,000 tickets on Monday and 900 more on Tuesday and a complete sellout of 2,112 is expected for the first two games. Game 3 and 4 of the best-of-seven series will be played Tuesday and Wednesday in Vernon. If Game 5 is needed that would be played Friday in Prince George, with if necessary games to follow Sunday, April 21 in Vernon and Tuesday, April 23 in Prince George.

The ticket office will be open daily from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets are also available online at www.sprucekings.bc.ca. Follow the Buy Online link on the home page.

The Kings opened their annual spring goalie camp Wednesday at RMCA and 20 goaltenders from B.C., Alberta and California are attending. The top eight from the camp, which includes two days of on-ice and classroom sessions, will be selected to participate in the main spring camp, which starts Friday. The main camp gets underway following the Spruce Kings/Vipers morning skates on Friday. Eighty participants will break off into four teams for three scrimmages Friday and Saturday. The top 40 players will play in the top prospects game Sunday at 2 p.m.

See Friday's Citizen for Spruce Kings-Vipers BCHL championship series preview.