The Surrey Eagles’ offence finally arrived Sunday, which gave the team a much-needed win against the Powell River Kings, and helped salvage a tough three-game weekend.

Sunday’s 4-0 win on home ice Sunday was the first of the weekend for the Birds, whose offence struggled mightily in a pair of earlier losses. On Friday, Surrey lost 2-1 to the Burnaby Express, and followed that with a 3-1 loss to the Langley Chiefs Saturday night.

“We should’ve had three wins this weekend. Our guys worked hard and we played really good defensively – we only allowed four goals in three games – but unfortunately we didn’t score enough goals to go with it, so from that standpoint it’s pretty disappointing,” Eagles head coach Shane Kuss said.

“We probably deserved a better fate.”

Defenceman Doug Marshall had the team’s only goal Friday, and Andrew Wallace potted Surrey’s only marker in Saturday’s loss.

And though the offence sputtered, Kuss wasn’t pushing the panic button just yet, instead chalking up the scoring drought to inexperience.

“The chances are there, so you don’t worry too much. I think if we weren’t getting chances, then we might be concerned,” the coach said.

“It’s just a matter of our skills guys bearing down and putting the puck in the net. A lot of them are new, and adjusting to a new level, a new league.”

Kuss credited the two losses largely to red hot opposition goaltending – in both contests, the other team’s starting netminders were named the game’s first star.

Burnaby’s Harrison May and Langley’s Matt Green stopped 31 shots apiece on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

“We ran into two hot goalies, and Burnaby’s goalie stole that game for them, no question,” said Kuss.

“And against Langley, it just came down to one power-play goal. They got one, and we didn’t.”

The Chiefs’ third goal of the game was an empty-netter.

In Sunday’s shutout victory over the Kings – the team that knocked the Eagles out of the playoffs last year – the Eagles got a power-play goal from Jesse Pauls early in the first period, while Richard Vanderhoek, Jason Grecica and Wallace also scored.

“Powell River has sort of been our Achilles heel the last couple seasons, so it’s always nice to get a win against them, and get some confidence going,” Kuss said.

Goaltending duties were split for Surrey on the weekend, with Vinny Lessard stopping 19 of 21 shots Friday, and 28 of 31 in Saturday’s loss.

Paul Barclay picked up the win in net Sunday, stopping all 27 shots he faced.

With three games in three nights this weekend – and the one after that, too – Kuss said he would continue to rotate both goaltenders in and out of the crease.

“Both guys are playing well right now, and it’s a nice healthy competition between the guys, so we’re happy (to split) the games up,” he said.

BLUE LINES: The Eagles’ roster has been buoyed in the last week by the addition of a trio of Western Hockey League veterans, two of whom are no strangers to the team.

Last week, Mike Krgovich – who played for the Eagles last year before joining the WHL’s Chilliwack Bruins – rejoined the Surrey club after being a late cut by the Bruins, as did forward Richard Vanderhoek, who played for the Eagles in 2007-08 before leaving for a stint with the Kamloops Blazers.

A third player, six-foot-two forward Jason Grecica, was added the Eagles’ roster from the Portland Winter Hawks.

All three were in the lineup on the weekend.

“It’s nice to get some guys with some experience, and we’re very happy to have them,” Kuss said.

In other moves, the Eagles also traded defenceman Marc-Antoine Chaput to the Trail Smoke Eaters for future considerations, and re-assigned forward Liam Harding to the Junior B Delta Ice Hawks.

- Nick Greenizan