WENATCHEE聽 4
VICTORIA聽 1
The Town Toyota Center has not been a welcoming venue for sa国际传媒 Hockey League visitors this season, with very few driving away with much success.
The Victoria Grizzlies were the latest to succumb to the Wenatchee Wild, dropping a 4-1 decision Saturday night to the now 30-7-1-0 hosts, who have dropped just two overtime contests in Washington. The home record now reads 18-0-2, still without a regulation-time loss.
Wenatchee has also outscored its opponents 109-35 in its own facility, outstanding numbers for the league鈥檚 No. 1 team, which is now 4-0 against the Grizzlies since joining the BCHL last year. With the victory, the Wild improve to 30-6-4-0 for the league-leading 64 points, while the Grizzlies, losing for a second straight night, fall to 25-8-3-4 for 57 points. Victoria ventures to Surrey at 4 p.m. today to conclude the three-game weekend trip. It will be the club鈥檚 fourth game in five days.
Wenatchee鈥檚 Troy Conzo opened the scoring at 2:03 of the first period and Jimmy O鈥橞rien made it 2-0 at 2:21 of the second. Brendan Harris added a short-handed marker for the hosts as the BCHL-leading point-getter made it 3-0 just over five minutes later.
T.J. Friedmann got Victoria on the scoreboard at 14:16 of the second, but A.J. Vanderbeck restored the three-goal advantage on a breakaway at 19:01. Wenatchee outshot the Grizzlies 42-23, with Matthew Galajda suffering his second-straight loss for Victoria. Devin Cooley earned the victory for the Wild.
The Grizzlies remained without captain Cody Van Lierop, Keyvan Mokhtari and Nico Somerville, and will return home Thursday to entertain the Nanaimo Clippers at The Q Centre.
The trade deadline is Tuesday.
