Callum Hofford's late power play goal helped the Coquitlam Express to a 3-2 win over the Victoria Grizzlies Saturday night, avenging last week's home loss to the island opponents.
The Express spent the bulk of the game in a 2-2 tie, when Victoria's David Mazurek received a five minute major and a game misconduct for a blow to the head.
With the man advantage, Hofford was able to put the puck past Grizzlies goalie Michael Stiliadis on a feed from Mitch Nardi to score the game winner and avoid overtime.
On Friday, the night before the game in Victoria, the Express again struggled in front of their home crowd, this time in a tilt against divisional rivals the Surrey Eagles.
The visitors jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, and despite throwing 25 shots in the first and second period at Surrey goalie Michael Santaguida, were not able to get on the board.
A goal from Brady Shaw midway through the final frame was the only offense Coquitlam could muster, losing the game 2-1.
But if the offense had dried up in Friday's and Saturday's games, the taps were turned on Sunday against the Nanaimo Clippers.
Coquitlam went three-for-seven on the power play and eventually won the game 5-2. Express forward John Siemer got his team on the board early in the first before Jace Hennig scored power play marker before the end of the opening frame.
In the second period, Alexander Kerfoot notched a goal with the man advantage and added a second in the third period.
