Vikes hit Lower Mainland looking to snap recent slide vs. Spartans & Clan

Trinity Western University returns home after a perfect two-game road trip against Selkirk College to play host to the University of Victoria on Friday evening at the Langley Events Centre.

The Spartans return home after three straight road games which saw them earn a 5-4 win against SFU (Nov. 2) followed by a pair of wins last weekend against Selkirk. Victoria comes to town after winning just once over the previous seven games (1-5-0-1).

First-year Spartans forward Josh Bruce will look to keep his offensive momentum going after a six-point (1G, 5A) weekend earned him BCIHL Player of the Week honours and Spartans captain Jarrett Fontaine will make his home debut after returning from injury and picking up three points (2G, 1A) in his first two games of the season last weekend. TWU forward Evan Last’s 105 career points has him just three points back of Logan Proulx for 10th all-time in BCIHL history.

Victoria’s offense will be led by rookie forward Keenan Eddy, who sits first in team scoring and second in BCIHL rookie scoring (6G, 3A) behind TWU forward Bruce.

The Spartans have outscored UVic 16-3 over its last two games, winning their previous matchup 9-1 on home ice on Oct. 18. TWU is 8-2 in its last 10 games against Victoria, including playoffs.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (7-0-0-0)
BCIHL standings: 1st
Last Weekend: @ Selkirk (W 7-0), (W 4-3 OT)
BCIHL Streak: W7
Regular Season Form: W-W-W-W-W

VICTORIA VIKES (3-6-0-1)
BCIHL ranking: 5th
Last Weekend: vs. Simon Fraser (L 4-2)
BCIHL Streak: L1
Regular Season Form: L-L-L-W-L

The Vikes will complete their two-game Lower Mainland road swing on Saturday when they visit Simon Fraser University in Burnaby. The Clan came out on the right end of a 4-2 result in Victoria last Friday night that saw Ty Westgard and Mac Colasimone each score once and add an assist.

Colasimone leads all Clan skaters with five goals and 11 points through seven regular season games, while rookie forward Trevor Ayre shares the assists lead with six.

In goal, SFU has seen Andrew Henderson and Patrick Zubick share the bulk of the duties with three starts each. Henderson leads the way in most statistical categories with two wins, a shutout, a 2.33 goals-against average and a .936 save-percentage.

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY CLAN (3-3-0-1)
BCIHL ranking: 4th
Last Weekend: @ UVic (W 4-2), @ VIU (L 5-2)
BCIHL Streak: L1
Regular Season Form: W-L-L-W-L