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Home-and-home cross-continent? Bad idea. Just plain bad.

But the Los Angeles Jr Kings - the Princes - and the Providence Baby Bruins faced off for the second leg of the set, this time in Providence in front of 10,000 paying fans.

Like last night, the home team came out on top, and Pierre-Luc Emond was the star of the game with three assists on key goals for Providence.

Martin Samuelsson struck early, just forty-six seconds into the first period off a Zach Tarkir and PLEdmond assists. Tarkir, it was noted, has increased his feeding since coming home from passing camp a few weeks ago. The Bruins gave the goal back at 6:08, but then went on to score two unanswered, by Paul Gaustad and Brett Nowak, the tenth of the year, for each man.

After assisting on the goal, Gaustad turned around and decked Brandon Segal for fun, earning both men a trip to the penalty box.

With four-on-four opening the second period, Samuelsson netted his second goal of the game, and ninth of the year, fifty seconds in. While excited to score, Samuelsson - and his wife - were less flattered by the nickname of "Minute Man" adorned on him by his teammates. Providence was up 4-1, though, so the bench was all smiles and laughter.

While Los Angeles scored to cut the gap to two goals at 10:21, spirits remained high. Jiri Jakes was whistled for a hooking call at 10:40, but the Providence defense - and miraculaously, Jordan Sigalet - withstood the shot barrage as the Princes took twelve tries on net in the period.

The third period was a holding game - literally. Several calls went against the Bruins, especially after Darren McLachlan scored his second of the year - and the week - at 02:29. When Rick Kozack was penalized for a horseshit charging call at 11:03, the defensive mettle went off its game, giving up an unassisted breakaway to Daniel Carcillo twenty seconds later.

That was all the Princes could muster, though, and Providence took home a 5-3 victory. A capacity crowd witness the twelfth win of the year for Sigalet, and cheered for Emon and Samuelsson, Boston's first and second game stars.