Fort St. John Flyers Return to Action with 13-1 Loss

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Fort St. John Senior Flyers played their first North Peace Hockey League (NPHL) game in 11 days on Thursday, November 28th, in a road affair against the Dawson Creek Canucks.

The Canucks were playing their second game in five days and didn’t waste any time. Their four first-period goals were all they needed to get a second win of the year over the Flyers by a score of 13-1.

Dawson Creek netted three first-period goals in a five-minute span before Cayle Bell notched one back for the Flyers near the end of the period on an assist by Nolan Lagace. 

Canuck Matt Schmermund restored the three-goal lead right before the first-period buzzer.

Wes Shipton’s two second-period goals for Dawson Creek, including a power play goal, highlighted a 30-shot output that saw Flyer goalie Ty Gullickson pulled.

Landon Hatton filled in manfully for Gullickson, stopping 10 of 16 shots.

Shipton and Kole Norris each had four points for the NPHL West Division-leading Canucks, who lead second-place Grande Prairie by seven points.

Fort St. John will look to win its next game against the Fox Creek Knights on Saturday, November 30th.

In their last meeting, Fort St. John battled from five goals down only to lose by a score of 9-5 on November 9th.

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