Brendan Giles’ goal midway through the third period stood up as the game winner in a 4-3 win for Powell River Kings on Saturday, December 14, over the top team in BC Hockey League Coastal Conference standings.
Twenty-four hours after Chilliwack Chiefs doubled the Kings by a 6-3 score, the two teams met again at Hap Parker Arena. Wyatt Davis gave the Kings a 1-0 lead three minutes into the game, which was added to with team captain Joel Purdom’s sixth goal of the season midway through the period. The visitors cut the lead in half with a goal 2:17 prior to intermission.
Davis and Niccolo Mansueto, who also assisted on the Purdom goal, combined to set up Christian Maro, who scored the only goal of the second period while his team was shorthanded to make it 3-1 through 40 minutes.
Giles, from Maro and Landon Marleau, put the Kings up 4-1 just after the midway point of the final frame. Chiefs mounted a late comeback attempt, but fell just short after a power play goal at 17:57, followed by an even-strength marker with 19 seconds remaining in the game.
Powell River goaltender Vincent Lamberti stopped 31 of the 34 shots he faced to earn the win. Attendance was 594.
Kings travel to Duncan to face Cowichan Valley Capitals on Friday, December 20, in their final game of 2024.
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