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Cougars Look to Collect Four-Point Weekend against Rockets

January 13, 2024 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release


Tonight, at the CN Centre, the Prince George Cougars aim for their third consecutive victory on home ice as they host the Kelowna Rockets in the second game of the double-header weekend.

The Prince George Cougars roared back in the win column with a 5-2 victory over the Kelowna Rockets last night at the CN Centre. Carlin Dezainde propelled the Cougar offence with his first career hat-trick, and Ty Young earned his 16th win of the campaign, making 25 saves.

PG GOAL SCORERS: Dezainde, Shtrom, Dezainde, Thornton, Dezainde

GOALIE: Young (25/27, .925)

PP: 1/3

PK: 3/3

COUGARS LAST FIVE RESULTS, Record: 3-2-0-0

DATE RESULT GWG PG GOALIE OPP. GOALIE

January 3, 2024 PG [6] at WEN [2] Heidt Ravensbergen Hauser/Gee

January 5, 2024 PG [2] at SEA [1] McNutt Young Ratzlaff

January 6, 2024 PG [3] at POR [4] Davies Ravensbergen Avakyan

January 7, 2024 PG [2] at EVT [4] Miettenen Young Chadwick

January 12, 2024 PG [5] vs KEL [2] Dezainde Young Kykkanen

COUGARS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

DATE TIME (PDT) OPPONENT VENUE

January 13, 2024 6:00 pm vs Kelowna Rockets CN Centre

January 19, 2024 7:00 pm vs Portland Winterhawks CN Centre

January 20, 2024 6:00 pm vs Portland Winterhawks CN Centre

January 26, 2024 7:05 pm at Spokane Chiefs Spokane Memorial Arena

January 27, 2024 6:05 pm at Tri-City Americans Toyota Center

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Oct. 3/2023 - at Prince George (3-2 PG)

Oct. 4/2023 - at Prince George (8-1 PG)

Oct. 13/2023 - at Kelowna (5-4 KEL)

Nov. 18/2023 - at Kelowna (5-4 PG)

Jan. 12/2024 - at Prince George (5-2 PG)

Jan. 13/2024 - at Prince George

Feb. 24/2024 - at Kelowna

Mar. 13/2024 - at Kelowna

2022-2023 REGULAR SEASON SERIES

Sep. 30/2022 - at Prince George (6-3 PG)

Oct. 1/2022 - at Prince George (5-1 KEL)

Nov. 9/2022 - at Kelowna (8-6 KEL)

Jan. 10/2023 - at Kelowna (3-0 PG)

Feb. 7/2023 - at Prince George (5-1 PG)

Feb. 8/2023 - at Prince George (7-2 PG)

Mar. 8/2023 - at Kelowna (6-2 PG)

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS

Goals (42): Zac Funk

Assists (49): Riley Heidt

Points (75): Zac Funk

PIMS (89): Aiden Foster

Plus/Minus (+34): Zac Funk

2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON GOALTENDING LEADERS

Wins (16): Ty Young

Save % (.923): Joshua Ravensbergen

Goals Against Average (2.18) - Joshua Ravensbergen

Shutouts (6): Joshua Ravensbergen

COUGARS CAREER MILESTONES WITHIN REACH:

Hudson Thornton - 49 career goals (2 away from 50)

Zac Funk - 94 career goals (6 away from 100)

Chase Pauls - 197 career games played (3 away from 200)

Ondrej Becher - 94 games played (6 away from 100)

Riley Heidt - 194 career games played (6 away from 200)

Oren Shtrom - 147 career games played (3 away from 150)

WHO'S HOT

Borya Valis has points in 15 consecutive games (8-18-26)

Zac Funk has points in 9 of his last 11 games (11-9-20)

Riley Heidt has points in 7 of his last 10 games (7-9-16)

Terik Parascak has points in 12 of 14 games (4-17-21)

Ondrej Becher has points in 4 of his last 5 games (3-5-8)

Carlin Dezainde has multi-point games in 4 of his last 6 games (5-4-9)

41 DOWN, 27 TO GO: The Cougars enter tonight with a 29-12-0-0 record (58 points) on the season through 41 games which leads the BC Division and the Western Conference. The Cats are 14-6-0-0 at home and 15-6-0-0 on the road so far this season.

AGAINST THE BC DIVISION: The Cougars enter tonight's contest against the Rockets with an 12-3-0-0 record against the BC division and are 21-8 against the Western Conference.

NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING: Three Prince George Cougars were listed on NHL Central Scouting's mid-season rankings. Terik Parascak, 17, headlines the pair with being the #14 ranked skater. The Lethbridge, AB owns 26 goals and paces all rookie skaters with 60 points in 40 games at the time of the rankings being released. 19-year-old Ondrej Becher enters the rankings for the first time, coming in at #84. Becher is coming off an impressive World Junior tournament, where he accumulated ten points in seven games (3-7-10). Hunter Laing rounds out the Cougars trio at #108. The 6'6 forward owns 13 points in 48 games at the time of the rankings being released.

THE NEWEST COUGAR: The Cougars acquired 19-year-old forward Borya Valis from the Regina Pats on Sunday, December 31st. Valis, 19, Valis, a 19-year-old native of Denver, CO, has showcased his offensive prowess with an impressive 33 points in 35 games this season (13-20-33) while playing for Regina in the 2023-2024 season. In his Cougar debut, Valis notched three assists. Valis also owns 10 points in his first five games with Prince George.

CP4: The Cougars acquired veteran blue-liner Chase Pauls from the Lethbridge Hurricanes on December 27th in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2024 WHL Prospect's Draft. Hailing from Osler, SK, the right-handed blue-liner who stands at 6'5" has had a robust WHL career, suiting up in 190 games and accumulating 55 points (18-37-55) over four seasons Pauls recorded an assist in his Cougars debut on Thursday, December 28th against the Calgary Hitmen. Pauls enters tonight with points in six of seven games.

CHL TOP TEN: Having won two of four games during their trip to the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the Cougars (28-12-0-0) fell by a single spot to third in this week's rankings. Having started off the road trip with wins against Wenatchee (6-2) and Seattle (2-1), Prince George lost in consecutive games for the first time this season, falling 4-3 to No.8-ranked Portland before being doubled up 4-2 by Everett the next night. Among the notable performances for the Cougars, there was once again Zac Funk leading the way. The 20-year-old right winger, who was named to the CHL Team of the Month for the second time this season, collected five goals and three assists last week. Funk is currently the only player in the CHL to top 40 goals (and sits at 42 right now) and he leads the CHL with 73 points this season (ahead of teammate Riley Heidt who has 71) at the time of the rankings being released.

WE WANT THE FUNK: Zac Funk is flirting with Cougar single-season history. The 20-year-old from Coldstream, BC already owns 42 goals this season. These 42 goals in a single season ranks 7th all-time in Cougars history. Quinn Hancock is the franchise leader with 54 goals in a single season.

THE EUROS RETURN: Ondrej Becher and Viliam Kmec return to the Cougar lineup this weekend after an impressive showing at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Sweden. Becher returns to PG with a bronze medal with Czechia. Becher owned five points in the final game. Kmec comes back to the Cougars after his third crack at the World Juniors with Slovakia.

HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN

TICKETS: HERE

WHEN: Saturday, January 13 at 6:00pm PDT

WHERE: CN Centre - Prince George, BC

WATCH: WHL Live

LISTEN: 94.3 The Goat

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