The Port Coquitlam Saints and the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs don't usually agree on much, but last weekend both clubs were united in their frustration with the Victoria Shamrocks.
The Vancouver Island club took on both Tri-City teams, defeating PoCo 11-3 on Saturday before downing the A's 8-6 in overtime on Sunday afternoon.
On Saturday in Victoria against the Saints, the Rocks wasted no time in getting on the board, building a substantial lead after the first two periods.
Ryan Lewis and Max Fredrickson took advantage of a Saints penalty early in the first to build a 2-0 lead, before PoCo's Chase Malcolm scored for the visitors early in the second.
But Malcolm's goal did little to spark the sputtering Saints offence, while Victoria continued to pile up the goals.
Jamie Jensen, Cole Pickup, Colin Bashford and Steve Ackinclose all notched markers for the Rocks in the middle frame, before ending the game with a five-goal period in the third. Goals from Saints runners Travis Allan and Tanner Olsen did little to close the scoring gap.
On Sunday, it was the Jr. Adanacs' turn to face the high-flying Rocks.
Despite a strong performance from runner Brett Kujala, who notched five points in the game (two goals, three assists), the A's still came up short for the win.
Kujala opened the scoring on the power play, assisted by Evan Wortley and Mike Rybka, but the Rocks quickly evened things up when Max Fredrickson buried a pass from Charles Claxton.
Coquitlam's Spencer Stevens notched his first of the season and the Adanacs started to pull away in the second period with additional goals from Andy Campbell, a short-handed marker from Kuala and another from Stevens and Rybka.
However, the visitors were undeterred.
In the third period the Rocks came out determined, particularly runner Ryan Lewis, who was setup twice by Fredrickson to bring the game to within one.
Victoria's Cole Pickup found a way to even the score when he buried a pass from Tyson Fair to tie the game at 6-6 and force overtime.
Pickup again scored in the extra period, before Lucas Crowther added an insurance marker to win the game 8-6 for Victoria.
A's goalie Bryce Phenix stopped 30 of the 38 shots he faced, while Charles Claxton at the other end of the rink stopped 48 of the 54 shots he saw.
Both the Saints and the Jr. Adanacs will get back at this week. PoCo takes on the Langley Thunder on Thursday (8 p.m.) at the Langley Events Centre, before a Saturday tilt against the Delta Thunder at the Sungod Arena (7:30 p.m.).
Meanwhile, Coquitlam will take on the Burnaby Lakers on Sunday at the Bill Copeland Arena (7 p.m.), before a match against the New Westminster Salmonbellies at the Queens Park Arena on Tuesday night (8 p.m.).
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