Left picture: #31 Marcus Mitchell scores Nanaimo’s third goal on a backhander.
Right picture: #9 Matthew Mosher is stopped by the Surrey goaltender.
By Dan Marshall
The WOLF 106.9 FM
Reprinted from NanaimoNewsNOW.com
SURREY — The Clippers dropped the final game of their weekend road trip 5-4 to the Eagles.
A rough start put the Clippers in a hole with Surrey getting a goal from Pearce Messer on the power play, a tip in by Cole Edgerton, and a breakaway effort by Jeremy Smith to go down 3-0 in the first eight minutes. Brandon Santa Juana made it 4-0 before Josh Bourne responded with a wicked shot on the man advantage to put the score to 4-1 after one.
Matthew McKim beat Jordan Naylor up high on a second period power play to put Surrey up 5-1 before the Clippers took over the rest of the period. Hunor Torzsok scored on a tip in, Marcus Mitchell finished a beautiful passing play with Tyler Williams, and Josh Bourne sniped his second power pay goal of the game to narrow the gap to 5-4 after 40 minutes.
That was as close as Nanaimo would get as they couldn’t beat Cayden Bailey the rest of the way, despite the Clippers outshooting Surrey 43-25.
On the power play the Clippers went 2/6 and Surrey was 3/4.
Sunday’s Three Stars were Matthew McKim (1 goal, 3 assists), Josh Bourne (1 goal, 2 assists), and Riley Hayles (3 assists).
Nanaimo has two games left, both against a potential first round playoff opponent.
Friday the Clippers visit Victoria, and Saturday they host Powell River.
