The first road trip of the season by the 91Ô´´ 91Ô´´ involved a short jaunt to Surrey and a 4-1 win over the Eagles on Friday, Sept 27.
Eagles scored first at the South Surrey Arena at 12:45 on a scramble play in front, but Mason Kesselring tied the game 3:29 later off an offensive zone face-off win by Ryan Schelling.
91Ô´´ scored three times more, with Will Shepard netting his first BCHL goal, Ryan Schelling scoring his second goal in as many games and and Ethan Merner adding a late empty net goal.
It was the first meeting of the two teams.
During their second meeting, the next night at George Preston arena in 91Ô´´, Merner, Shepard and Ryan Schelling fought the visitors to a 3-3 tie, that went to a shootout and a 4-3 win for the visitors.
Surrey takes it 4-3 in shoutout.
— 91Ô´´ 91Ô´´ (@91Ô´´91Ô´´)
We’re back in action on Tuesday, at George Preston Arena against Nanaimo.
Riv are currently second in Costal East division standings behind the undefeated Coquitlam Express.
Tuesday, 91Ô´´ will take on the Nanaimo Clippers for the first time, the first of three games in five days.
Puck drop is 7:15 p.m.
It's Toonie Tuesday – all tickets are $2 and can be purchased at the door or at .
Friday, 91Ô´´ will visit the Powell River Kings for a weekend double header.