Bandits rout Powell River Kings 8-2 on the road
The Brooks Bandits scored eight goals at Hap Parker Arena on Friday, handing the Powell River Kings a 8-2 defeat and extending Brooks's win streak to two games.
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Alexei Zhukov scored the game-winning goal at 15:13 of the first period on the power play, his sixth of the season, with assists to Dmitrijs Dilevka and Zachary Deleau. The Bandits led 3-1 after the first period and did not trail at any point.
Jeremy Leroux led Brooks with 2 goals on the night, scoring his seventh of the season at 6:40 of the first and adding his eighth at 11:01 of the second. Dilevka picked up a goal and 2 assists, while Deleau finished with 2 assists. Zachary Spurgeon, Koby Francis, Christophe Lussier and Alexandre Monarque each added single goals. Monarque's goal at 5:57 of the third came on the power play.
The three stars were Deleau, Leroux and Dilevka.
Emile Beaunoyer turned aside 28 of 30 shots to earn the win for Brooks. Powell River started Marats Voscinskis, who allowed 7 goals on 25 shots over 40 minutes before being replaced by Filip Vavro, who stopped 7 of 8 shots in the third period.
Brooks finished 2 for 3 on the power play. Powell River went 1 for 5 with the man advantage. The Kings' Connor Pankratz took a five-minute major for boarding in the third period, and four misconducts were handed out at 9:16 of the third — two to Brooks players and two to Powell River players.
With the win, the Bandits improved to 7-4-2 for 16 points, second in the Interior East Division. The Kings fell to 6-7-1 for 13 points, their fourth consecutive loss.
Brooks returns to action Saturday when the Bandits face the Victoria Grizzlies at The Q Centre in Victoria at 6 p.m. PDT.
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