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Blazers Win 4-3 in Shootout over Cougars

November 28, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kamloops Blazers News Release


The Kamloops Blazers (11-8-3-0) came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Prince George Cougars (12-9-1-1) 4-3 in a shootout.

It was a scoreless first period as the Cougars were the better team. They outshot the Blazers 13-3, but Connor Ingram was terrific in stopping all 13 shots he faced.

Colby McAuley scored for the Cougars 37 seconds into the second period. He found a rebound to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead.

The Blazers replied midway through the period as the two teams were playing 4-on-4. Ondrej Vala scored off a rebound from a Collin Shirley shot to make it 1-1.

The Cougars held a 28-10 shot advantage through two periods, but the two teams were tied 1-1.

Jansen Harkins gave the Cougars the lead 2:44 into the third period on the power play.

Chase Witala then made it 3-1 on a shot that squeaked through goaltender Connor Ingram with just over 10 minutes to play.

The Blazers looked all but done, but fought their way back.

Matt Revel found Ryan Rehill, who snuck in from the point, for an open net to cut the Cougars lead to 3-2 with 5:57 to play.

Dawson Davidson tied the game up 22 seconds later off a rebound from a Collin Shirley shot.

The game headed to overtime tied at 3-3.

In the extra frame, the Blazers thought they had won it, but the goal was waved off as the Cougars goaltender was interfered with.

The Cougars had a great chance to win it, but Connor Ingram made a diving paddle save on Brad Morrison.

In the shootout, Jake Kryski scored the lone goal and Ingram stopped all the shooters to lift the Blazers to a 4-3 win.

Connor Ingram was the game's second star with 44 saves on the night.

These two teams will play again on SHAW on Saturday night.

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