By Victor Kaisar

Capitals 5 Spruce Kings 2

Spruce Kings allow three goals in 99 seconds in defeat to Conference-leading Capitals

Nov 22, 2025 | 12:18 PM

DUNCAN, B.C. — Ozbej Rep scored twice, but the Prince George Spuce Kings gave up three goals in the final 99 seconds in a 5-2 deafeat to the Cowichan Valley Capitals in Friday (Nov. 21) night action in the BCHL.

The loss snapped the Spruce Kings three game winning streak, though it came at the hands of the top team in the Coastal Conference. The Capitals are 15-5-1, while the Spruce Kings are fifth at 10-9.

Ruder Dembo scored the only goal of the first period as the Capitals led 1-0 after 20 minutes. The Spruce Kings killed three penalties in that period, which also featured an unsuccessful penalty shot attempt by Cowichan’s Gavin Rocha on Colin Reay.

Rep and Trace Frieden traded second period goals as the Capitals went into the second intermission up 2-1. Rep then scored his second of the night on a pass from Jackson Froysland to knot the score up at 2-2 with about seven minutes left to play, before disaster struck.

Tyler Rowland, Rocha and Hunter Yanick all scored in the final 99 seconds to lift the Capitals to victory. Yanick’s goal was scored into the empty net as the Spruce Kings attempted another comeback.

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Reay finished with 37 saves on 41 shots in a losing effort while Jack Hirshorn picked up the win with 27 saves on 29 shots.

The two teams will rematch at the Cowichan Community Centre at 6:00 p.m. this evening, Nov. 22.