It has been a rough start to 2012 for the .
The 91Ô´´ managed just a single point in three road games over the weekend, and that came at the tail end of the trip, a 3-2 loss to the .
91Ô´´ also dropped a 7-0 decision to the Powell River Kings and fell 6-2 to the in junior A hockey action.
Against the Clippers, the 91Ô´´ led 2-1 after 40 minutes — on goals from Mario Puskarich and Mike Tebbutt, but Nanaimo struck for five unanswered goals in the third.
Jim Kruger made 50 saves in the loss and followed that performance up with a 54-save performance against the Bulldogs.
Tebbutt and Thomas Nitsche scored in the defeat.
The 91Ô´´ are back in action this weekend with a three-game Interior road trip with stops in , and