Special teams were both feast and famine for the Abbotsford Pilots in a 4-3 loss to the Langley Trappers at MSA Arena on Friday (Sept. 13).
The Pilots connected three times with the man advantage, but allowed both a power play goal and a shorthanded goal in the loss.
Puck is dropped at MSA Arena for @AbbyPilots and @LangleyTrappers. 1-1 at the nine minute mark @ThePJHL.
— Ben Lypka (@BenLypka) September 14, 2024
The game is also streaming live with my good friends at @FloHockey 😁 pic.twitter.com/To1kEZMeJA
A poor shift by the Pilots after tying the game at three eventually saw Langley's Ronan Cooperman score the winning goal at 16:53 of the third. Abbotsford's Rhett Siaus had knotted the game at three with a power play goal, but Cooperman scored just 76 seconds later.
Abbotsford led 2-1 after one, with Siaus and captain Thomas Williams putting the Pilots on top after Langley's Ryan Howe opened the scoring at 4:34.
Langley's Samuel Brown scored the lone goal of the second and the teams entered the third tied at two.
Pilots tie the game up on the power play at 15:37, big goal by Rhett Siaus pic.twitter.com/GpqFNRXZGi
— Ben Lypka (@BenLypka) September 14, 2024
Brown again on the power play put the Trappers up 3-2 before the flurry of aforementioned goals near the end of the game.
The Trappers outshot the Pilots 41-31, with Abbotsford goalie Joel Riedel making 37 saves. Langley's Brown had a three-point night, while Abbotsford forward Connor Jarvis posted three assists. Siaus potted two goals and now has three on the season – he scored just five goals all of his last season so the Abbotsford product is off to a hot early start. Pilots defencman Malachi Sache added two helpers.
The Trappers improved to 2-2-0-0 on the season, while the Pilots fall to 1-1-1-0.
Langley next travels to Surrey to play the Knights on Sunday (Sept. 15). They return home to host the Delta Ice Hawks on Wednesday (Sept. 18).
