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Merritt’s offensive explosion sinks sloppy Spruce Kings SHARE ON: Simply put, the Merritt Centennials were sick of losing to the Prince George Spruce Kings. Thanks to a four-point effort, Ben Ward willed the last-place Cents to a wacky 6-5 victory on Saturday inside the BCHL’s Chilliwack Pod. PG got off on the right foot courtesy of Christian Buono who broke loose shorthanded once again, handcuffing Colton Phillips-Watts for a 1-0 advantage. Local product and former Cariboo Cougar Alex Ochitwa responded 90 seconds later on the power-play capitalizing on an unusually shaky Jordan Fairlie i...

Spruce Kings put the boots to the Centennials SHARE ON: The goaltenders of the Merritt Centennials suffered another severe case of sunburn. A hat-trick by Christian Buono paced the Prince George Spruce Kings to a convincing 7-0 win against Merritt on Wednesday inside the Chilliwack hub. After carrying a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes, the BCHL’s most northern franchise lit the lamp three times in the middle period. Kolton Cousins collected his seventh of the Pod season accepting a Carter Cochrane feed beating Centennials netminder Colton Phillips-Watts. Another day, another Cuzzy goal! pic.twitt...

Spruce Kings get back in win column by blanking Merritt SHARE ON: (Photo supplied by PG Spruce Kings and Garrett James) After getting shut out the night before, the Prince George Spruce Kings turned the tables on their next opponent. Andrew Seaman and Nick Rheaume notched first and third period goals for PG who blanked the Merritt Centennials 2-0 on Saturday from the Chilliwack Coliseum. Rheaume stated his team made a conscious effort to play a full 60-minute contest. “I think we got off to a better start and we played a lot more unified. It was a great win and we’re hoping to beat Chill...