Blazers Win 5th in a Row 5-2 over Cougars
Published on November 8, 2015 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kamloops Blazers News Release
The Kamloops Blazers (8-8-0-0) won their fifth straight game in a 5-2 home ice victory over the Prince George Cougars (8-7-1-0).
The Blazers had a strong first period, but it did not show on the scoreboard.
The shots were only 13-11 in favour of the Blazers, but the chances were lopsided in the Blazers favour.
It was a combination of good goaltending from Mack Shields and some missed opportunties that kept this one scoreless through one period.
It only took 14 seconds into the second period for the Blazers to open a 1-0 lead.
Matthew Campese took a great feed from Matt Needham off the rush to pot his second goal of the season.
The 1-0 lead persisted into the latter stages of the second period.
Dawson Davidson made it 2-0 on a rush. Deven Sideroff fed Davidson for his second goal of the season and a 2-0 lead through two periods.
A goal from defenseman Patrik Maier 2:33 into the third period was the winner. He kept a puck in the offensive zone and found a hole to score his first goal of the season on a point shot.
The Blazers were on cruise control for the third period, and the Cougars picked up the pace and fought back.
Jared Bethune went wide around a Blazers defender and put a puck past goaltender Connor Ingram to cut the Blazers lead to 3-1 with 6:15 to play.
Kody McDonald cut the Blazers lead to 3-2 with 4:14 to play as he was on the good end of a turnover.
The Cougars life was quickly ended as Collin Shirley scored a beautiful goal with 2:40 to play and added his 10th goal of the season into an empty net to make it a 5-2 Blazers final.
The Blazers were 0-for-2 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
Connor Ingram earned the win with 35 saves, while Mack Shields stopped 26 shots.
The Blazers next action will be on Friday, November 13th when they are in Vancouver to face the Giants.
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