Kings shutout the Thunder, Weersink stops all 31 shots

Red Deer, January 19, 2024 – The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings and goaltender Arik Weersink (Kinesiology and Sports Studies) shut out the Concordia University Thunder on Friday night.

The home Kings would open the scoring six minutes into the game with forward Holden Knights (Business Certificate) going bar down which ended up being the game-winner in the 3-0 win for the Polytechnic.

As part of a seven-for-seven penalty kill, forward Jacob Wozney would score a shorthanded goal with less than two minutes to play in the second period. Later in the third period, Wozney scored his second goal of the game on the powerplay to cap off the Kings scoring on Friday evening.

Goaltender Arik Weersink was awarded the player of the game for the Kings as he stopped all 31 shots he faced in the win. This honour for the Thunder went to forward and Red Deer native Hunter Leslie (Bachelor of Science) who played a solid game in the loss.

These two teams will be right back at it tomorrow evening for the rematch in Edmonton with the puck dropping at 7 pm.

Players of the game: Hunter Leslie (Thunder) and Arik Weersink (Kings).