Cougars Start Preseason with Loss to Kamloops
September 18, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince George Cougars News Release
Prince George Cougars goaltender Tyler Brennan makes a stop against the Kamloops Blazers
(Prince George Cougars, Credit: Allen Douglas)
PRINCE GEORGE, BC- The Prince George Cougars opened their 2021 Pre-Season with a 5-3 loss against the Kamloops Blazers at the Sandman Centre Friday.
Koehn Ziemmer, Hudson Thornton and Caden Brown scored for the Cougars. Thornton's goal came on the power-play. Ty Young started in net and turned aside 22 of 23 shots in 30-minutes of work. Tyler Brennan surrendered four goals on 22 shots.
Nic McCarry, Mats Lindgren (PPG), Logan Bairos (PPG) and Dylan Sydor scored for Kamloops.
The Blazers broke a 2-2 tie early in the third with goals from Bairos and Sydor coming 18-seconds apart.
The two teams meet again tomorrow night, Saturday, September 18th at the CN Centre; puck drop is 7:00 pm. Tickets are just $10 and are available at the TicketsNorth box office at the CN Centre, by phone (1-888-293-6613), or online at www.ticketsnort.ca
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring Cougars: Ziemmer, Thornton, Brown Blazers: McCarry, Lindgren, Bairos, Sydor, Levis
Goaltending Cougars: Ty Young, 22 /23, 30:02. Tyler Brennan, 18/22, 29:58 Blazers: Dylan Ernst, 11/13, 29:58. Jesse Makaj, 11/12 30:02
Power-Play Cougars: 1-4 Blazers: 3-7
Shots Cougars: 25 Blazers: 45
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 Prince George Cougars goaltender Tyler Brennan makes a stop against the Kamloops Blazers (Allen Douglas) |
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