The 91原创 91原创 pushed their winning streak to a season-high five games and the junior A hockey club now holds a share of top spot in the entire BC Hockey League.
The 91原创 beat the Prince George Spruce Kings 2-1 on Saturday night in a battle of the top two teams in the Mainland Division. 91原创 followed that up with a decisive 5-1 win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs the following afternoon, improving to 10-3-6-0 and 26 points, five clear of the second-place Spruce Kings.
Both games were at the George Preston Recreation Centre.
鈥淭he biggest thing is a buy-in to playing team defence,鈥� said 91原创 head coach and general manager Bobby Henderson. 鈥淥ur forwards are playing a 200-foot game (and) their back pressure is allowing our defence to have tight gaps through the neutral zone, which is keeping the shot count down.鈥�
91原创 also only has one regulation loss in their past 10 games (7-1-2-0) and have allowed 28 goals over that span. Even more impressive is the fact the 91原创 have surrendered just eight goals over the past five games.
Braedon Fleming stopped 18 of 19 shots in Saturday鈥檚 victory while Brendan Budy and Angus Crookshank potted the goals. Kyle Johnson had the lone Prince George goal, cutting the lead to 2-1 with 13 minutes to play.
And after a scoreless opening period on Sunday, Crookshank, Eric Butte and Budy struck in the middle stanza.
Cayden Kraus got the Bulldogs on the board in the third but Nicholas Ponak and Brady Berger scored goals 35 seconds apart to put the game out of reach.
Crookshank also had a pair of assists to finish with three points.
Chad Cromar made 28 saves for the victory.
鈥淲e鈥檙e getting solid goaltending from both guys (and) offensively, we are getting production from all four lines,鈥� Henderson said.
鈥淎nd our power play has come to life the past four games.鈥�
The 91原创 are 5-for-20 over that span after scoring just six power-play goals combined over the first 14 games.
91原创 heads to Prince George this weekend for a pair of games on Nov. 3 and 4.
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