Giancarlo Nadeau
Tonight, the Coastal Tsunami visits the Langley Trappers for the final time during the regular season. It’s also the final regular season meeting between these two teams.
It’s been a difficult month for these two teams. Langley is 3-7 and enters the game as losers of their past four games. The Tsunami is 2-4-1 this month and is looking to get into the win column for the first time since they last beat the Trappers 2-0 on October 12.
LANGLEY TRAPPERS
OVERVIEW
GM / HC: Brad Bakken
Record: 9-11-0-0
Home Record: 6-4-0-0
Last 10 games: 3-7
LAST GAME: A 5-1 loss in Surrey last Thursday.
SHOTS: 53 LAN – 40 SUR
SAVES: LOVELL 22/26, CRUZ 13/14
GOAL(S): BROWN (6)
Goals For/Goals Against: 55 GF/64 GA (-9)
Power Play: 16/118 (13.56%)
Power Play (Home): 11/64 (17.19%)
Penalty Kill: 80/95 (84.21%)
Penalty Kill (Home): 33/40 (82.5%)
Leading Scorers: Samuel Brown (20GP – 6G – 7A – 13PTS), Jett Carroll (20GP – 4G – 9A – 13PTS), Ritchie Riumin (19GP–7G–5A– 12PTS)
- ‘RITCH’
The play of 2006-born forward Ritchie Riumin has not gone unnoticed this season. The left-shot product was limited to three assists in 22 games last year and has already surpassed those statistics. Riumin has seven goals and five assists for 12 points in 19 games and enters the game third in team scoring. He scored two goals the last time the Tsunami was here and is looking to get back on the scoreboard after being blanked for the past two games.
TRAPPERS NOTES
- Langley has played the most games in the PJHL (20).
- Langley leads the league in power play opportunities (118).
COASTAL TSUNAMI
OVERVIEW
GM & HC: Brad Wingfield
Record: 7-6-1-1
Road Record: 3-3-0-0
LAST GAME: A 6-0 loss against Delta on Saturday.
SHOTS: 54 DEL – 28 COA
SAVES: PETERS 34/40, MORRISON 14/14
GOAL(S):
Goals For/Goals Against: 43 GF/48 GA (-5)
Power Play: 9/62 (14.52%)
Power Play (Road): 5/20 (25%)
Penalty Kill: 83/93 (89.25%)
Penalty Kill (Road): 36/41 (87.8%)
Leading Scorers: Oliver Nottingham (14GP – 8G – 8A – 16PTS), Raydon Parkes (14GP – 7G – 7A – 14PTS), Eric Stinson (14GP – 1G – 11A -12PTS)
OLIVER NOTTINGHAM
The BCHC will host its third Top Prospects Game in Langley next month, and 2007-born forward Oliver Nottingham will likely attend to represent his team.
The left-shot forward leads his team in points with eight goals and eight assists for 16 points in 14 games. The pride of New Westminster, BC, scored his team’s goals in their 2-0 victory against Langley earlier this month.
TSUNAMI NOTES
- The Tsunami is second in the PJHL in penalty minutes with 496 in 15 games.
- The Tsunami has the second-best Penalty Kill in the PJHL at 89.2%.
- Eric Stinson has the second-most Penalty minutes amongst defenders in the PJHL with 54 in 14 games.
FINAL WORDS
NEXT GAME (LAN): next Wednesday at home against Mission.
NEXT GAME (COA): tomorrow in Chilliwack at 1:00 pm.
