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Cougars Battle Royals to Begin 3 Games in 3 Nights

March 15, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release


VICTORIA, BC - Tonight, at the Save on Foods Memorial Centre, the Prince George Cougars take on the Victoria Royals and look to set a new franchise record as they aim for points in 15 consecutive games.

The Prince George Cougars collected points in their 14th consecutive game with a 6-5 OT victory over the Kelowna Rockets, Wednesday at Prospera Place. Oren Shtrom tied the game in the final minutes and then captain Hudson Thornton delivered the OT heroics.

PG GOAL SCORERS: Danis, Parascak, Valis, Funk, Shtrom, Thortnon

GOALIE: Ravensbergen - 13/18 (.722) / Young - 5/5 (1.000)

PP: 1/2

PK: 2/2

COUGARS LAST FIVE RESULTS, Record: 4-0-1-0

DATE RESULT GWG PG GOALIE OPP. GOALIE

March 1, 2024 PG [4] vs SPO [5] (OT) Crampton Ravensbergen Cowan

March 2, 2024 PG [5] vs SPO [4] (OT) Heidt Young Michaluk

March 8, 2024 PG [5] vs VAN [3] Parascak Ravensbergen Mirwald

March 9, 2024 PG [6] vs VAN [3] Funk Ravensbergen Mirwald/Hutchison

March 13, 2024 PG [6] at KEL [5] (OT) Thornton Ravensbergen/Young Kykkanen

COUGARS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

DATE TIME (PDT) OPPONENT VENUE

March 15, 2024 7:00pm at Victoria Royals Save on Foods Memorial Arena

March 16, 2024 6:00pm at Victoria Royals Save on Foods Memorial Arena

March 17, 2024 4:00pm at Vancouver Giants Langley Events Centre

March 22, 2024 7:00pm at Kamloops Blazers Sandman Centre

March 23, 2024 6:00pm vs Kamloops Blazers CN Centre

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Sep. 29/2023 - at Victoria (11-2 PG)

Sep. 30/2023 - at Victoria (5-3 PG)

Dec. 8/2023 - at Prince George (5-3 VIC)

Dec. 9/2023 - at Prince George (1-0 PG)

Feb. 9/2024 - at Prince George (4-1 PG)

Feb. 10/2024 - at Prince George (9-6 PG)

Mar. 15/2024 - at Victoria

Mar. 16/2024 - at Victoria

2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Nov. 18/2022 - at Victoria (9-2 PG)

Nov. 19/2022 - at Victoria (5-2 PG)

Feb. 3/2023 - at Prince George (8-1 PG)

Feb. 4/2023 - at Prince George (4-2 PG)

Feb. 25/2023 - at Victoria (6-5 PG/OT)

Mar. 10/2023 - at Victoria (8-3 PG)

Mar. 11/2023 - at Victoria (6-3 PG)

Mar. 17/2023 - at Prince George (7-1 PG)

Mar. 18/2023 - at Prince George (7-6 VIC/SO)

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS

Goals (64): Zac Funk

Assists (75): Riley Heidt

Points (110): Zac Funk

PIMS (110): Aiden Foster

Plus/Minus (+48): Zac Funk

COUGARS CAREER MILESTONES WITHIN REACH:

Zac Funk - 98 career assists (2 away from 100)

Hudson Thornton - 186 career points (14 away from 200)

Terik Parascak - 94 career points (6 away from 100)

WHO'S HOT

Zac Funk has points in 9 straight games (13-7-20)

Riley Heidt has points in 11 of his last 12 games (7-18-25)

Ondrej Becher has points in 8 of his last 9 games (5-11-16)

Hudson Thornton has points in 10 of his last 11 games (4-10-14)

5 GAMES LEFT: The Cougars enter tonight with a 44-15-1-3 record (92 points) on the season through 63 games which has won the BC Division and leads the Western Conference. The Cats are 24-7-1-1 at home and 20-8-0-2 on the road this season.

THIS TEAM!: The Cougars are two wins away from becoming the winningest PG Cougars team in team history. The 2016-17 squad won 45 games. This years' Cats are at 44 with five games to go in the regular season.

DC GETS FUNKY: 20-year-old sniper Zac Funk has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals. Funk is the third 20-year-old in the last two seasons to sign an NHL deal (Chase Wheatcroft, 2023, DAL - Jaxsen Wiebe, 2023, ANA).

CLOSING IN ON MORE HISTORY: With five games remaining on the Cougar regular season schedule, both Zac Funk and Riley Heidt are closing on becoming the new single-season point leaders in PG Cougar history. Funk (110 points) and Heidt (109 points) are closing in on Quinn Hancock's record where he owned 112 points in 1997-98.

BC DIVISION CHAMPIONS: For the first time since 2017 and for the second time in franchise history, the Prince George Cougars were crowned BC Division champions on Saturday, February 24th after a 6-5 shootout win over the Kelowna Rockets.

AGAINST THE BC DIVISION: The Cougars enter tonight's contest against the Royals with a 21-4-0-2 record against the BC division and are 35-12-1-3 against the Western Conference.

HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

WHEN: Friday, March 15th - 7:00 pm

WHERE: Save on Foods Memorial Centre - Victoria, BC

LISTEN: 94.3 The Goat

WATCH: WHL Live

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