Kings take first bite in series with Grizzlies
The Spruce Kings are rolling through the BCHL playoffs right now. After being off for 10 days after a sweep of the defending national Jr. A champions, the Kings were back in action last night against the Victoria Grizzlies.
The Kings opened the scoring late in the first with a goal from Dylan Anhorn, his third of the postseason. Patrick Cozzi and Corey Cunningham picked up the assists on the only goal of the opening period.
The second period saw much more scoring as five goals would be scored in the middle frame. The Kings wasted no time in adding to their lead as Patrick Cozzi scored his first goal of the playoffs 10 seconds into the second. Ben Poisson then got his ninth of the playoffs 11 seconds after Cozzi to stretch the Kings lead to 3-0 with two goals in 21 seconds to start the middle frame.
Corey Cunningham would make it 4-0 Kings seven minutes into the second but the Grizzlies would stop the bleeding there and start to claw back. Right at the halfway point in the game, the Grizzlies would get one back from Alexander Campbell with the assist going to Alex Newhook.