The Wenatchee Wild only needed one goal to defeat the Coquitlam Express during a Saturday meeting.
Instead, they piled in six.
The 6-0 loss came 24 hours after the Wild shellacked the visitors 10-2 at the Toyota Town Center Arena and marked the fifth game in a row where the Coquitlam club skated away without a victory.
Only Express forwards Cal Babych and Blake Hayward found a way to score for the team over the weekend and on Saturday no one on the visiting bench was able to sneak a puck past Wild netminder Garrett Nieto.
Not that the Wenatchee goalie was tested very often.
Coquitlam struggled to get shots, registering just 11 on Saturday night and 15 on Friday. At the other end of the rink, Express netminder Reid Cooper faced a deluge of pucks, turning away 47 of 57 on Friday and 49 of 55 on Saturday.
It’s been a long road-trip for the Express, who were in Prince George the weekend before where they received similar results.
On Friday, they played the Spruce Kings to a 3-3 tie, failing to come up with a decision after two overtime periods.
Sam Kozlowski opened the scoring for Coquitlam before Callum Cusinato was able to tie things 2-2 in the second period. After former Port Moody Panther Chong Lee found the go-ahead goal for Prince George, the Express’ Keegan Jones tied things up in the third, a 3-3 score that would hold for two more periods.
But Coquitlam could not find a way to overcome the home team the next night, when they fell to Prince George 6-4.
Jake Brien scored his first of the season, while Kozlowski picked up his fifth and Coquitlam briefly led 3-1 when Alex Ambrosio scored early in the second.
However, the Spruce Kings turned on the scoring in the third period, with Jamie Huber netting two and Ben Poisson scoring one.
Injuries have plagued the Express for most of the opening months of the season. The club’s road trip continues tonight (Wednesday) with a meeting with Penticton before they return home on Friday (Nov. 11) for a rematch against Prince George.
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