Kootenay 4 @Brandon 2 The Brandon Wheat Kings (9-6-0-1) were a very short-handed team on the back end coming into Friday night’s tilt with the visiting Kootenay ICE (8-8-1-0). With blue liners Daniel Bukac, Garrett Sambrook and James Shearer all out due to lower body injuries and 16-year-old Braden Schneider […]
Tag: Prince George Cougars
Portland finally solves Grant late and edges Prince George 2-1
Through 40 minutes Wednesday night in Portland, it seemed clear that Tavin Grant saves his best hockey for when he is playing in Portland against the Winterhawks (10-4) He earned his first career shutout exactly one month previous, stopping all 47 shots he saw. Grant was again perfect through the […]
Gauthier’s greatness can’t carry Cougars past Hitmen
Taylor Gauthier couldn’t have dreamt a of better performance for his debut at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Calgary native stepped onto the ice at the Dome for the first time since he was six and did everything in his power to backstop his Prince George Cougars against the team he […]
Missed opportunities sink Rebels
Tonight, another solid effort was put in by the Red Deer Rebels. Unfortunately, the result was not as hoped. More than 4,200 fans went home unhappy following a less-than-thrilling game between the Rebels and the visiting Prince George Cougars. “You have a zero chance to score a goal if you […]
Oil Kings win in the shootout
The Prince George Cougars (3-5-2-0) saw their first action in Edmonton this season taking on the Oil Kings (4-6-2-0) who were coming off a heart breaking OT loss. Both teams looked to gain some footing within their division with a win tonight. This one saw a good start […]
Local goalie shuts down stagnant Hitmen
This was not the start Dallas Ferguson envisioned when he accepted the head coach position with the Calgary Hitmen last summer. The Hitmen have been stung by one-goal games early this season, but at the CN Centre in Prince George, the Cougars left no doubt, picking up the 7-1 decision […]
Prince George pounces on winless Kamloops
Expectations weren’t high in Kamloops this year, but surely they weren’t this low. A Prince George team, that some had in the basement of the Western Conference, ran roughshod over a equally young and inexperienced Blazer team. (photo by Allen Douglas) It was evident early in the first period that […]
2017 U16 rosters announced
The rosters for the 2017 U16 WHL Cup were announced and nearly every WHL team had a draft pick named. Let’s take a look at those 2002-born players that will be participating in the WHL Cup in Calgary later this month. U-16 Oct 18-22, 2017 in Calgary, Alb BC […]
‘Round the ‘DUB
With the season underway, teams are making final adjustments to their rosters. The key deadline here is October 10th, the day that all WHL teams must be at three overage players. By then most teams will have played six regular season games. Tavin Grant of the Prince George Cougars recorded […]
2017-18 season previews: Kelowna Rockets
Kelowna Rockets (2016-17 season: 45-22-5-0: 90 points. Lost in the Western Conference Final to Seattle Thunderbirds) Expectations are always high in Kelowna, among the Rockets fan base and indeed, in both the front office and dressing room. The Rockets have won the Western Hockey League championship four times since the […]
