Langley Rivermen 13 Victoria Grizzlies 2 at Langley Events Centre Jan 28, 2012

The undermanned Victoria Grizzlies lost 13-2 to the Langley Rivermen at the Langley
The problem for the Grizzlies lately though has not been a lack of talent or a lack of effort it has been a lack of healthy bodies and a growing fatigue factor as it gets later in games. The Grizzlies have been outscored just 11-5 in the last 5 games in first periods while being outscored 30-4 in the second and third periods in those 5 games. The Grizzlies have played playoff-bound teams in Coquitlam, Powell River and Merritt and been close for most of the first two periods. In Coquitlam the score was 4-2 for the first 35 minutes of the game, against Merritt the game was 3-1 until a late empty-net goal, when Coquitlam visited Victoria the game was 4-2 until Coquitlam scored with 2 minutes remaining in the game and against the conference leading Powell River Kings the Grizz trailed 2-1 after 20 minutes until the fatigue factor of 3 games in 3 nights caught up with them.
In the second period against Langley the Grizzlies ran out of gas and the Rivermen took full advantage scoring 5 goals in the first 6 minutes and 7 goals in the period, the Rivermen added 3 more in the third period for 13 in total. Derek Sutliffe played an excellent game for the Rivermen with 4 goals and 3 assists and Mario Pushkarich also scored a hat trick. Events Centre on Saturday night. The Grizzlies again got off to a tough start giving up a goal just 17 seconds into the game and a second goal just 1:37 later. Once again though the Grizzlies fought back with CJ Lillies getting his first career BCHL goal and Chase Kaiser tying the game just 2 minutes later both goals coming off set-ups from Cameron Lawson. A hit from behind by Ben Greiner on Coltyn Hansen just 8 seconds after the Kaiser goal resulted in a fight between Greiner and Stefan Gonzales with Gonzales landing a few good rights to score the unanimous decision. The Rivermen took the lead back on a power play with 1:22 to play in the first period and the Grizzlies ended the period trailing 3-2 on the scoreboard.