Home sweet home helped the Langley Rivermen snap a six-game losing streak.
The Rivermen had played six games, all on the road, to open 2012, but on Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre for the first time in more than three weeks, they buried their losing skid with a 5-4 win over the Coquitlam Express.
They did so thanks to a night of firsts for three different players: Sebastian Pare had his first career BCHL two-goal game, while Jackson Playfair had his first career goal and newcomer Peter McMullen scored his first goal for Langley in his initial appearance on home ice.
Pare and Chris Tracy scored third period goals to break a 3-3 tie.
Goaltender Jim Kruger stopped 35 shots.
Langley looks to win its second straight when they host the Nanaimo Clippers on Wednesday (Jan. 25).