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It’s been a dreadful season for the Prince George Spruce Kings, but they aren’t prepared to write if off yet. The Spruce Kings are eight points behind the seventh-place Quesnel Millionaires with 17 games remaining, far from mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. While the Spruce Kings occupy the basement of the B.C. Hockey League with a record of eight wins, 33 losses, zero ties and two overtime defeats (8-33-0-2), seven of eight Interior Conference teams qualify for the playoffs. Therefore, despite their poor record and struggles the past couple of months, postseason hopes are st...

The Prince George Spruce Kings have a simple battle plan for the coming three-game road weekend in the B.C. Hockey League. “We have to circle the wagons and hope we get a few goals,” coach Dave Dupas says of the upcoming trip. “It couldn’t have come at a worse time for us.” With Brent Lashek already out of the lineup with a concussion, the Spruce Kings lost Jake LeBrun partway through a 3-0 home-ice win Friday over the Vernon Vipers. LeBrun was checked headfirst into the boards by one of the Vipers, and has also been diagnosed with a concussion.