To end the month of January the Clippers won back to back games on home ice. They beat the Bulldogs and Express by a combined score of 10-4. Jack Rimmer with a goal and two assists and Elliot Perreault with two goals led Nanaimo to a 5-3 victory over Coquitlam on Jan. 31.

By Dan Marshall

Quick Start

Clippers sweep weekend with home victory over Express

Jan 31, 2026 | 11:57 PM

NANAIMO  — The Clippers went up 3-0 on their opponents for a second consecutive night and went on to beat the Coquitlam Express 5-3.

Caden Okovita put Nanaimo up 1-0 and then Elliot Perreault increased the lead with back to back deflection goals.

A power play marker from Carson McGinley and a last minute goal by Coquitlam’s Nate Creme cut the advantage to 3-2 after 20 minutes.

Tanner Bruender scored the only goal of the middle frame to give the Clippers a 4-2 lead.

That tally was scored shorthanded, giving Nanaimo their first shorthanded goal in nearly two seasons.

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In the third period Jack Rimmer scored on an individual effort to restore the Clippers three goal advantage before Kim Elfving notched a late goal to move the score to 5-3.

Nanaimo product Matthew Hutchison got his first home start and made 29 saves for the victory.

Overall the Clippers outshot Coquitlam 37-32 while going 0/4 on the power play and 2/3 killing penalties.

The win gives Nanaimo a 3-0 lead in their season series with the Express and wraps up an impressive January in which the team went 5-1-1.

February begins with a home game against Prince George on the sixth and a road tilt in Powell River on Feb. 7.

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