Selkirk's offence explodes for 17 goals in weekend sweep of Eagles

---

Selkirk College scored early and often on Saturday night in Cheney, WA en route to a 10-1 victory and a sweep of their home-and-home weekend series with Eastern Washington University.

The line of Beau Taylor, Connor McLaughlin and Scott Swiston did much of the damage for the Saints, combining for five goals and 11 points on the night.

McLaughlin and Darnell Dyck -- on a power-play -- put Selkirk ahead by two by the end of the first period and the Saints piled on with four more from Taylor, Swiston, Cody Fidgett and Colin Minardi in the second.

JR Strait scored Eastern's lone goal on one of their eight opportunities with the man-advantage, but Selkirk continued to find the back of the net as the game wore on.

Taylor completed his hat trick with back-to-back goals early in the third period before Markus McCrea and Thomas Hardy scored late.

"We played a full 60 minute effort tonight and it seemed like everything was working offensively," says Saints head coach Jeff Dubois. "Beau Taylor went through a streak back in the fall where nothing was bouncing for him, but he's been one of our best players so far in 2014. He along with Connor and Scott set the tone this weekend and everyone else jumped on board."

Saints captain Logan Proulx extended his season-long point streak to 17 games when he set up Taylor shorthanded with 13:29 remaining in the game.

Chris Hurry picked up his second straight win in goal, turning aside 18 shots. Derek Moser and BJ Leach split time in the loss.

"Chris has been outstanding over the past couple weekends," says Dubois. "We haven't been giving up a ton of shots, but he'll go a few minutes without much action and then make a big save when we need him to. He's made some great strides and really captured the confidence of his teammates."

Saturday's win came on the heels of a 7-1 victory on Friday night in Castlegar where the Saints trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes but scored seven unanswered goals the rest of the way.

Goal scorers included Colin Minardi, Connor McLaughlin, Stefan Gonzales, Beau Taylor, Scott Swiston, Logan Proulx and Connor Stephens.

The Saints' record now sits at 13-3-1, which puts the team one point back of first place SFU.

Selkirk is off next weekend before hosting the University of Victoria on Saturday, February 8th at the Castlegar Recreation Complex.