Cougars Chase Down T-Birds
December 16, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release
KENT - The Prince George Cougars defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-2 Tuesday night at ShoWare Center.
The T-Birds have two more games before the holiday break. They play a home-and-home series with the Tri-City Americans on Friday and Saturday. Friday the teams are at ShoWare Center and Saturday they are at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
Prince George (20-10-1-1) took a 1-0 lead at 6:50 of the first period on a goal from Jared Bethune. Bethune scored from the right circle on a pass from Brad Morrison in the left corner. Jansen Harkins had the second assist.
Seattle (18-11-2-0) tied the game 1-1 at 11:53 of the first. Keegan Kolesar had the puck along the right boards. Kolesar passed the puck to Donovan Neuls coming through the slot left to right. Prince George goalie Ty Edmonds went down as Neuls came through the top of the crease. Neuls passed the puck to Ethan Bear in the slot and Bear took a slap shot into an empty net. Edmonds was out of position thinking Neuls was going to shoot.
The Cougars took a 2-1 lead with 36 seconds left in the second period. Jesse Gabrielle took a shot from the left boards that Flodell stopped. Chase Witala powered around a T-Birds defenseman and poked the rebound under Flodell.
The Cougars outshot the T-Birds 11-10 in the first period.
Bartek Bison scored at 4:55 of the second period to put the Cougars in front 3-1. Harkins had the only assist.
The Cougars made it a 4-1 lead when Jesse Gabrielle scored on a breakaway at 12:04 of the second. Harkins had the only assist the goal.
Bear cut the Prince George lead to two goals on a four-on-three power play with 45 seconds left in the second. Jarret Smith crossed the puck from the right point to Bear at the left point. Bear hesitated and then took a slap shot with Kolesar screening Edmonds. Bear's shot beat Edmonds on the blocker side.
Both teams had 18 shots on goal after two periods.
Gabrielle scored his second of the night at 4:35 of the third period to make it a 5- 2 Cougars lead.
Colby McAuley scored at 12:38 of the third to get the Cougars sixth goal. Luke Harrison and Tate Olson had the assists.
Prince George outshot Seattle 15-10 in the third period and 33-28 in the game.
Flodell finished with 27 saves on 33 shots and his record is now 11-7-2-0.
Edmonds stopped 26 of 28 shots and his record is now 11-5-1-0.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2015-16 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm Saturday game days at 10 am and Sunday game days at noon.
T-Birds season tickets are currently on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.
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