vs. Prince George Cougars - 6
Saturday, October 14th, 2017 Kamloops Blazers (1-9-0-0) vs. Prince George Cougars (3-4-2-0) KAMLOOPS BLAZERS Record: 1-9-0-0 Home: 0-5-0-0 Away: 1-4-0-0 PP: 9-43 (20.9%) PK: 40-53 (75.5%) GF-GA: 24-46 (-22) Ranking: 5th BC Division 10th Western Conference
PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS Record: 3-4-2-0 Home: 1-3-2-0 Away: 2-1-0-0 PP: 9-44 (20.4 %) PK: 29-38 (76.3%) GF-GA: 30-32 (-2) Ranking: 3rd BC Division 6th Western Conference
LAST GAME: Prince George suffered their fourth regulation loss Friday, dropping a 4-1 decision to the Kamloops Blazers at the CN Centre. Kamloops scored three power-play goals and added an empty-net goal late, as they snapped a ninegame losing streak. It was Kamloops’ second straight win in Prince George dating back to last season, as they edged the Cougars 2-1 in a shootout back on March 18th. Kody McDonald opened the scoring eight and half minutes into the first period, extending his point streak to six games. Jared Bethune set up McDonald’s goal and now has points in six straight as well. Tavin Grant suffered the loss in net, as he made 17 stops on 20 shots. Garrett Pilon paced the Kamloops offense, as the Washington Capitals draft pick had a goal and three points in the win and was named first star. Dylan Ferguson picked up his first win of the season, stopping 24 of 25 shots, including 18 over the final two periods.
HOME STAND: Tonight, is the Cougars’ fifth game of a five-game home stand and so far through four games they’re 1-12-0; last year the Cougars were 22-10-1-3 at the CN Centre. Kamloops is now 1-4-0-0 on the road and last year they lost three of four games in Prince George in the regular season series.
SEASON SERIES (10 GAMES): Oct 4th: Prince George 6, Kamloops 2 (GWG: Kody McDonald) Oct 13th: Kamloops 4, Prince George 1 (GWG: Connor Zary) Oct 14th: at Prince George Nov 15th: at Kamloops Nov 25th: at Kamloops Feb 9th: at Prince George Feb 10th: at Prince George Feb 17th: at Kamloops Mar 16th: at Kamloops Mar 17th: at Prince George
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT EDMONTON OIL KINGS (FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT RED DEER REBELS (SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT CALGARY HITMEN (SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND)
COUGARS ROSTER: The Cougars roster currently sits at 25 players (3 goalies, 7 defencemen and 15 forwards). The roster includes 13 players selected in the WHL Bantam Draft, four players via trade, eight players from the free agent list, and one player from the CHL Import Draft. The roster includes three NHL draft picks in Josh Anderson (Colorado ’16), Dennis Cholowski (Detroit ’16) and Nikita Popugaev (New Jersey ’17). The Cougars have 12 players from BC, five from Alberta, three from Manitoba, one from Saskatchewan, one from Ontario, one from Minnesota, one from Belarus and one from Russia. Prince George has 13 WHL veterans and 12 rookies
PLAYER STREAKS: Kody McDonald has at least a point in his last six games (8-4-12) and has scored in three of his last four games. Jared Bethune has picked up an assist in six straight and has been held pointless in just one game this season. Last night was the first game Dennis Cholowski was held pointless, as he had eight points in his previous six. Joel Lakusta has four assists in his last four games, heading into tonight’s game versus the Blazers. Peter Kope picked up his first career WHL point in just his second career game Friday, as he drew an assist on McDonald’s goal. Kope was a fifth-round pick by the Cougars, in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft. Kamloops’ Garrett Pilon has a three-game point streak (1-4-5) coming into tonight and has overtaken the team scoring lead from Nick Chyzowski, with four goals and 10 points in 10 games. Dating back to Wednesday against Calgary, Blazers’ goaltender Dylan Ferguson has stopped 76 of the last 81 shots he’s faced; a .938 save percentage over his last two games. BLAZERS LEADERS GOALS 4 ASSISTS 7 POINTS 10 +/+2 PIMS 18 GWG 1
Garrett Pilon Nick Chyzowski Garrett Pilon Jermaine Loewen Ondrej Vala Connor Zary
COUGARS LEADERS GOALS 8 ASSISTS 9 POINTS 12 +/+7 PIMS 15 GWG 2
Kody McDonald Jared Bethune Kody Mcdonald Jared Bethune
Jackson Leppard Jackson Leppard Kody Mcdonald
HEAD TO HEAD BLAZERS NAME Garrett Pilon Connor Zary Nick Chyzowski Jermaine Loewen Brodi Stuart
GP G 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1
A PTS +/3 4 -2 1 3 -1 3 3 0 0 1 +1 0 1 -2
COUGARS NAME Kody McDonald Jared Bethune Dennis Cholowski Aaron Boyd Joel Lakusta
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT EDMONTON OIL KINGS (FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT RED DEER REBELS (SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT CALGARY HITMEN (SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND)
GP 2 2 2 2 2
G 3 0 0 1 1
A 1 2 2 0 0
PTS 4 2 2 1 1
+/+2 +3 +3 -1 +3
PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS Record: 3-4-2-0 Home: 1-3-2-0 Away: 2-1-0-0 PP: 9-44 (20.4 %) PK: 29-38 (76.3%) GF-GA: 30-32 (-2) Ranking: 3rd BC Division 6th Western Conference
LAST GAME: Prince George suffered their fourth regulation loss Friday, dropping a 4-1 decision to the Kamloops Blazers at the CN Centre. Kamloops scored three power-play goals and added an empty-net goal late, as they snapped a ninegame losing streak. It was Kamloops’ second straight win in Prince George dating back to last season, as they edged the Cougars 2-1 in a shootout back on March 18th. Kody McDonald opened the scoring eight and half minutes into the first period, extending his point streak to six games. Jared Bethune set up McDonald’s goal and now has points in six straight as well. Tavin Grant suffered the loss in net, as he made 17 stops on 20 shots. Garrett Pilon paced the Kamloops offense, as the Washington Capitals draft pick had a goal and three points in the win and was named first star. Dylan Ferguson picked up his first win of the season, stopping 24 of 25 shots, including 18 over the final two periods.
HOME STAND: Tonight, is the Cougars’ fifth game of a five-game home stand and so far through four games they’re 1-12-0; last year the Cougars were 22-10-1-3 at the CN Centre. Kamloops is now 1-4-0-0 on the road and last year they lost three of four games in Prince George in the regular season series.
SEASON SERIES (10 GAMES): Oct 4th: Prince George 6, Kamloops 2 (GWG: Kody McDonald) Oct 13th: Kamloops 4, Prince George 1 (GWG: Connor Zary) Oct 14th: at Prince George Nov 15th: at Kamloops Nov 25th: at Kamloops Feb 9th: at Prince George Feb 10th: at Prince George Feb 17th: at Kamloops Mar 16th: at Kamloops Mar 17th: at Prince George
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT EDMONTON OIL KINGS (FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT RED DEER REBELS (SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT CALGARY HITMEN (SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND)
COUGARS ROSTER: The Cougars roster currently sits at 25 players (3 goalies, 7 defencemen and 15 forwards). The roster includes 13 players selected in the WHL Bantam Draft, four players via trade, eight players from the free agent list, and one player from the CHL Import Draft. The roster includes three NHL draft picks in Josh Anderson (Colorado ’16), Dennis Cholowski (Detroit ’16) and Nikita Popugaev (New Jersey ’17). The Cougars have 12 players from BC, five from Alberta, three from Manitoba, one from Saskatchewan, one from Ontario, one from Minnesota, one from Belarus and one from Russia. Prince George has 13 WHL veterans and 12 rookies
PLAYER STREAKS: Kody McDonald has at least a point in his last six games (8-4-12) and has scored in three of his last four games. Jared Bethune has picked up an assist in six straight and has been held pointless in just one game this season. Last night was the first game Dennis Cholowski was held pointless, as he had eight points in his previous six. Joel Lakusta has four assists in his last four games, heading into tonight’s game versus the Blazers. Peter Kope picked up his first career WHL point in just his second career game Friday, as he drew an assist on McDonald’s goal. Kope was a fifth-round pick by the Cougars, in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft. Kamloops’ Garrett Pilon has a three-game point streak (1-4-5) coming into tonight and has overtaken the team scoring lead from Nick Chyzowski, with four goals and 10 points in 10 games. Dating back to Wednesday against Calgary, Blazers’ goaltender Dylan Ferguson has stopped 76 of the last 81 shots he’s faced; a .938 save percentage over his last two games. BLAZERS LEADERS GOALS 4 ASSISTS 7 POINTS 10 +/+2 PIMS 18 GWG 1
Garrett Pilon Nick Chyzowski Garrett Pilon Jermaine Loewen Ondrej Vala Connor Zary
COUGARS LEADERS GOALS 8 ASSISTS 9 POINTS 12 +/+7 PIMS 15 GWG 2
Kody McDonald Jared Bethune Kody Mcdonald Jared Bethune
Jackson Leppard Jackson Leppard Kody Mcdonald
HEAD TO HEAD BLAZERS NAME Garrett Pilon Connor Zary Nick Chyzowski Jermaine Loewen Brodi Stuart
GP G 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1
A PTS +/3 4 -2 1 3 -1 3 3 0 0 1 +1 0 1 -2
COUGARS NAME Kody McDonald Jared Bethune Dennis Cholowski Aaron Boyd Joel Lakusta
UPCOMING GAMES: PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT EDMONTON OIL KINGS (FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20TH) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT RED DEER REBELS (SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST) PRINCE GEORGE COUGARS AT CALGARY HITMEN (SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND)
GP 2 2 2 2 2
G 3 0 0 1 1
A 1 2 2 0 0
PTS 4 2 2 1 1
+/+2 +3 +3 -1 +3
