The Clippers were stung 5-2 by the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in their season opener at Frank Crane Arena. (Damon James/Island Images Photography)

By Dan Marshall

Slow Start

Clippers fail to find their game in season opening loss to Bulldogs

Sep 19, 2025 | 10:59 PM

NANAIMO — After a perfect 3-0 preseason the Clippers struggled in their home opener, falling 5-2 to Alberni Valley.

By the five minute mark of the second period Nanaimo was down 2-0 on goals by Samuel Leonard and Kai Matthew.

That served as a wake up call for the Clippers who then tallied twice in a four minute span.

Justin Collins sniped a shot off of a faceoff win and Elliot Perreault scored on a tap in.

Later in the second, the Bulldogs jumped back in front on a breakaway from Leonard and they got a big save from netminder Ryder Shea who stymied a Jack Rimmer penalty shot that would have tied the game at three.

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Jacob Terpstra notched his first of two goals with 14 seconds left in the second period to give Alberni a stranglehold in the game and then added a shorthanded marker late in the third period to cap off the scoring.

The Clippers outshot the Bulldogs 33-27 with Shea getting the victory in net over Nanaimo’s Eliot Segin-Lescarbeau.

Nanaimo ended up 0/4 on the man advantage while Alberni Valley finished 0/1.

The same two teams will battle on Sept. 20 at the Alberni Valley Multiplex at 7 p.m.

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