Clippers fought hard but lost 4-2 to the Chilliwack Chiefs

#7 Luke Lavery falls to his knees but was still able to take a shot on the net.

The Clippers battled hard on Saturday but ended up losing 4-2 to the Chilliwack Chiefs.

The first period was scoreless, with the shots on goal being 16-7 in Chilliwack's favour.

In the second period, the Chiefs would score first, on the power play. The Clippers would respond with a goal by #9 Cole Lonsdale. Cole was assisted by #29 Samuel Boisvert. At 6:22 of the second Head Coach Collin Birkas would receive an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and a game misconduct.

The shots on goal in the second were 11-10 in Nanaimo's favour.

The third period would see the Chiefs scoring twice to make it a 3-1 game. #23 Carson Lesiuk would score at the 12:24 mark to make it 3-2. Late in the period, the Clippers would pull #31 Otto Nuto for a sixth attacker. Only to have the Chiefs score an empty netter at 19:09.

Nanaimo outshot the Chiefs 17-7 in the third and 35-33 for the game.

The Clippers' next game two games are at home. They face the Vernon Vipers on Friday, November 29th and then the Penticton Vees on Saturday, November 30th. Both games are at 7 p.m. at The Frank.

#20 Elliot Perreault wins a face-off and gets the puck to #3 Nathan Larioza.
#31 Otto Nuto stops a Chiefs player trying to force the puck into the net.
#22 Hudson Gill blasts a puck out of the Clippers' end during a penalty kill.
#29 Samuel Boisvert sees #9 Cole Lonsdale shot going into the net.
#9 Cole Lonsdale leads his teammates back to the bench to celebrate his goal.
#15 Dylan Kinch picks up the puck from a face-off.
#9 Cole Lonsdale clears the puck in front of the Clippers net.
#18 Julian Brown sees the Chiefs player upended and into the net.

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