Red Deer Polytechnic Kings take home decision over Portage College Voyageurs

Red Deer, AB – Special teams played a role in Friday's contest between the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings and Portage College Voyageurs.

The Kings struck twice with the man advantage and killed off 11-of-12 penalties to earn a 4-2 home victory.                

The home team opened the scoring at 15:05 of the first period. Kings forward Mathieu Lapointe beat Portage College goaltender Jacob Gnidziejko on the power play.

Just over a minute later, Tucker Scantlebury lifted the Kings ahead by a pair.

That two goal edge held until 18:16 of the middle frame. Kyle Salaway converted for a 3-0 Kings' lead.

At 2:22 of the third period, Cruz Cote extend the Polytechnic's lead to 4-0.

Two minutes later, Ty Budai beat Kings netminder Arik Weersink to get the visitors on the board. Brayden Dale added the Voyageurs' second marker on the power play, but they couldn't pull even. The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings picked up their second win of the young season.

The Kings outshot the Voyageurs 33-31.

Tucker Scantlebury received the North Star Sports Kings Player of the Game award. Ty Budai was selected for the Voyageurs.

The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings (2-1-1-0) will resume conference play against the Briercrest College Clippers (0-2-1-0) in Saskatchewan on Friday, January 21 at 7 pm. Before that contest the Kings have a pair of exhibition games planned against Mount Royal University and the University of Alberta on January 8 and 14 respectively.

The Portage College Voyageurs (0-4-0-0) will host the NAIT Ooks (4-0-0-0) on Friday, January 14 at 7 pm.