Spruce Kings suffer 3-2 overtime loss to Clippers

PRINCE GEORGE —The Prince George Spruce Kings held on to the bitter end Saturday night (Nov. 7), but fell 3-2 in overtime to the Clippers in Nanaimo’s Frank Crane Arena.

After a scoreless first period, the Clippers opened the scoring at the 10:43 mark of the second frame when Matthew Ross netted the puck on a power play.

The Spruce Kings responded just 29 seconds into the third period, when Cooper Faughnan scored to tie the game 1-1.

Nearing the three-minute mark, Faughnan struck again, netting his second goal of the night to pull Prince George to a 2-1 lead.