The Grizzlies kick off the 2nd half of the season with a new years game against the Powell River Kings. Join us tonight to start the new year off with a bang at the Q-centre with a great night of hockey!
Powell River Kings (9-14-2-0) @ Victoria Grizzlies (13-14-0-0)
Head to head (season series): 1-0 – Tonight’s meeting between the Grizzlies and the Kings will be the 2nd of 6 meetings between the teams this season. The Grizzlies look to stay undefeated against the Kings as they won their previous match by a score of 6-4. The Grizzlies came out scorching hot, scoring 4 goals in the opening period, with Jackson Morehouse leading the way with 2 goals in the game.
Players to watch:
Grizzlies:
Noah Leibl: The newly acquired Grizzlies forward looks to start off the new year in some new gold, grey and black threads. The Del Mar, California native is a right winger who previously played for the Cranbrook Bucks in the BCHL as well as Shawnigan lake prep school. He was the first player to ever commit to Cranbrook, after announcing their entrance into the BCHL. He has 1 goal, 2 assists and 10 penalty minutes in 13 games on the season. Welcome to the team Noah!
Kings:
Parker Lalonde The BCHL rookie for Powell River has accumulated 13 goals, 7 assists for a total of 20 points on the year to lead the Kings in scoring.
Stat Leaders:
Grizzlies:
Goals: Matthew Wood – 22
Assists: Clark Hiebert – 25
Points: Matthew Wood – 37
Kings:
Goals: Parker Lalonde – 9
Assists: Parker Lalonde, Casey Aman, Dylan Finlay – 11
Points: Parker Lalonde – 20
Special teams:
Powerplay:
Grizzlies – 18.5% (14th)
Kings – 20.2%(12th)
Penalty Kill:
Grizzlies- 77.8% (12th)
Kings – 71.7% (16th)
