First, the Port Moody Black Panthers blanketed the Ridge Meadows Flames. Then the Cats got utterly smothered by the Richmond Sockeyes.
The Cats followed up a gritty 4-3 over the host Flames on Friday with a humbling 9-0 defeat to the surging Sockeyes on Saturday at the Port Moody Rec Complex.
The results left the Cats 3-1-2 atop the five-team Harold Brittain Conference standings. The Sockeyes, meanwhile, improved to a perfect 6-0-0 with all of their victories, amazingly, being shutouts.
Against the struggling 0-7-0 Flames, Julian Klaric bagged a shorthanded goal with fewer than four minutes late to net the deciding goal.
Dylan Friel scored twice earlier for the Cats, with Martin Campbell's powerplay goal with 6:24 to play knotting the count 3-3 and setting the stage for Klaric's heroics.
Versus Richmond, the visitors outshot the Cats by a staggering 60-22 margin, including 25-8 in the middle stanza.
