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Cougars Doubled up 4-2 in Portland

December 8, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release


Portland OR - The Prince George Cougars dropped their second game on the six-game road trip falling 4-2 to the Portland Winterhawks, Wednesday at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum.

The Winterhawks started the scoring at 2:47 with Josh Zakreski firing a wrist shot by Tyler Brennan. The Cougars responded with a power-play goal as Ethan Samson scored his 7th of the season to tie the game at 10:20.

Chase Wheatcroft was awarded a penalty shot in the final minutes of the first but was stopped by the blocker of goaltender Dante Giannuzzi. At 19:02 on a Winterhawks power-play, Gabe Klassen appeared to redirect the puck off his skate and by Brennan to make it 2-1. The goal went under review for several minutes and remained a good goal. The Hawks led the Cougars 2-1 after 20 minutes.

The Cougars had the lone goal in the second frame with Koehn Ziemmer tapping in his 17th of the season to tie the game. The Cougars and Winterhawks went to the dressing room tied at two.

Portland jumped back into the lead after Rhett Ravandahl redirected the puck by Brennan to score his first WHL goal to make it 3-2. Portland then added an empty netter from Aidan Litke to put the game out of reach. The Winterhawks were able to hold on for a 4-2 victory over the Cougars.

GAME NOTES

- The Cougars split the road portion of the season series with the Winterhawks

- The Cougars power-play on the road remains at the top of the WHL

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring

Cougars: Samson, Ziemmer

Winterhawks: Zakreski, Klassen, Ravandahl, Litke

Goaltending

Cougars: Tyler Brennan (L) 58:41 (3 GA, 33 Saves)

Winterhawks: Dante Giannuzzi (W) 60:00 (2 GA, 22 Saves)

Power-Play

Cougars: 1/6

Winterhawks: 1/3

Shots

Cougars: 24

Winterhawks: 37

Three Stars:

1.POR: Rhett Ravandahl (1G)

2.POR: Jack O'Brien (2A)

3.PG: Ethan Samson (1G 1A)

Next Game: Friday, December 9th vs. the Tri-City Americans at the Toyota Centre at 7:05.

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