Well, they managed a point.
The Victoria Grizzlies鈥� win streak is over at five games as they began their 1,544-kilometre weekend trek with a 4-3 double overtime loss to the host Coquitlam Express on Friday night as Luca Leone ended it at 1:58 of the second extra session.
Down 3-1, the Grizzlies roared back with two straight goals to at least earn a point in their sixth straight sa国际传媒 Hockey League outing. The trip continues tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Merritt and then onto Trail for a Sunday afternoon affair.
Alex Ambrosio opened the scoring for the Express at 14:48 of the first period, but the lead didn鈥檛 last long as Victoria鈥檚 top point-getter Brayden Gelsinger replied at 18:08 of the first period on assists to Dante Hahn and Brett Stirling.
Colton Kerfoot made it 2-1 Coquitlam on a short-handed breakaway at 13:52 of the second period. Kerfoot and Alex McIlmurray then set up Jack Surowiec for a 3-1 lead at 15:19.
Nick Guiney got one back at 18:17 of the middle frame as he recorded his team-leading eighth goal of the season as he and linemate Tyler Welsh and Keyvan Mokhtari continue to provide offence. The three had five-game point streaks coming in with Welsh providing 14 points over 13 games.
Guiney and Mokhtari (with an assist) kept their streaks alive.
鈥淕uiney has done a good job with those guys,鈥� said Grizzlies general manager and head coach Craig Didmon. 鈥淗e鈥檚 smart and he gets pucks to good areas for them and complements those guys really well.鈥�
Didmon also welcomed Mitchell Barker back from his two-game suspension as he got back on a line with Cole Pickup and captain P.J. Conlon.
鈥淲e appreciate having him back on that line. He鈥檚 just getting better and better,鈥� Didmon said of Barker.
Stirling was credited with a second assist on the night on Guiney鈥檚 goal.
Matthew Galajda took the overtime loss in net for the Grizzlies, who are now 8-12-0-3 on the season while Coquitlam is 9-10-1-2.
