The Kings did just about everything right, and many of the issues that had plagued the team on nights previous, were not as evident tonight, and it earned the team a point, but just a point as the Kings skated to a 4-4 tie with the Coquitlam Express Friday night.
Coquitlam opened the scoring 4:40 into the game with Brady Shaw, who scored twice against the Kings on Sunday, tipped in a point shot from Clinton Atkinson past Sean Maguire and it was 1-0 Express. Then, midway through the 1st, the Kings tie the game with Evan Richardson leaving a nice little drop pass for Teagan Waugh to skate on and snipe top shelf off the cross bar and in, 1-1 Kings on Waugh’s 3rd of the season.
Still in the 1st, Coquitlam regained the lead through Evan Campbell’s 1st BCHL goal and the Kings trailed by 1. But as that goal was being announced in the arena, Carter Shinkarek was left all alone in front and got a pass off the boards from Matt Scarth to grab the momentum back and tie the game at 2. Tied at 2 after 20 minutes of play.
In the 2nd it was all Kings as they pulled ahead of the Express in terms of shots on goal and it showed on the scoreboard. Evan Richardson scored 3:50 into the period, then Brandon Tidy got lucky and pounced on a feed up the ice from Sean Maguire to make it 4-2 and chase starter Cole Huggins from the net after he gave up 4 goals on 14 shots. 4-2 after 40 minutes. The 3rd period was all Kings in terms of shots but all Express on the scoreboard. Alex Petan first on the powerplay, then Alex Kerfot at 9:55 of the 3rd tied the game at 4. Overtime solved nothing so it was a stalemate after 70 minutes of action.
Three Stars of the Game
- Alex Petan (Express) – 1 goal, 3 assists
- Khaleed Devji (Express) – 35 saves
- Evan Richardson (Kings) – 1 goal, 1 assist
Next action for the Kings is Saturday night when they face the Chilliwack Chiefs for the one and only time this season. You can listen to the game live on 95.7 SunFM beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45, with the call at 7:00pm from Prospera Centre.
