POWELL RIVER聽 5 聽
VICTORIA聽 2
All that has been going so right for the Victoria Grizzlies went south on Saturday evening in a 5-2 sa国际传媒 Hockey League loss to the Kings in Powell River.
Major case in point was goaltender Matthew Galajda, the NCAA Ivy League Cornell-bound puck stopper, who had been stellar in allowing only two goals on 88 shots in the previous three outings.
Galajda, who made 44 saves the night before, in a 5-2 win in Powell River, was touched for a 4-0 Kings lead on Saturday. He let in five goals on 26 shots before being replaced by Tony Rehm midway through the third period.
The loss dropped Victoria (14-4-5) while the Kings (16-8-1) moved into a first-place tie with the Grizzlies in the Island Division. Victoria, however, retains, two games in hand on the Kings.
鈥淭he puck didn鈥檛 bounce our way tonight,鈥� Victoria head coach Craig Didmon said.
鈥淚 thought we were unlucky, but I liked our effort. We kept battling. I can鈥檛 be too upset, having lost only three games previously, especially with both captains missing.鈥� Defenceman Cody Van Lierop is out short-term with a lower-body injury, while Grizzlies鈥� leading scorer, Cole Pickup, missed the second game of a four-game suspension for a hit from behind in the Nov. 5 game against the Vernon Vipers.
Getting behind at the drop didn鈥檛 help the Grizzlies last night.
鈥淲e lost a little juice early,鈥� Didmon said.
鈥淏ut we scored twice in the third period [through Marty Westhaver鈥檚 goals] to show we have lots of depth,鈥�
The Grizzlies host the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Friday at the Q Centre.
